Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2009-3290
The kvm_emulate_hypercall function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in KVM in the Linux kernel 2.6.25-rc1, and other versions before 2.6.31, when running on x86 systems, does not prevent access to MMU hypercalls from ring 0, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest kernel crash) and read or write guest kernel memory via unspecified "random addresses."
EPSS: 0.004 (32.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.25
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)