CVE-2014-8481

The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2 does not properly handle invalid instructions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a crafted application that triggers (1) an improperly fetched instruction or (2) an instruction that occupies too many bytes. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8480.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 02:22

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a430c9166312e1aa3d80bce32374233bdbfeba32', 'name': 'http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a430c9166312e1aa3d80bce32374233bdbfeba32', 'tags': ['Exploit'], 'refsource': 'CONFIRM'}
  • () http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a430c9166312e1aa3d80bce32374233bdbfeba32 -

Information

Published : 2014-11-10 11:55

Updated : 2024-02-28 12:20


NVD link : CVE-2014-8481

Mitre link : CVE-2014-8481

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-8481


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-399

Resource Management Errors