The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2 lacks intended decoder-table flags for certain RIP-relative instructions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a crafted application.
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Published : 2014-11-10 11:55
Updated : 2024-02-28 12:20
NVD link : CVE-2014-8480
Mitre link : CVE-2014-8480
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-8480
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors