Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2009-3638
Integer overflow in the kvm_dev_ioctl_get_supported_cpuid function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.4 allows local users to have an unspecified impact via a KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID request to the kvm_arch_dev_ioctl function.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.4 (Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Exploit)
- git.kernel.org/
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc4 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53934 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36803 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Exploit)