Resource exhaustion in Linux Kernel
CVE-2010-3698
The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly reload the FS and GS segment registers, which allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a KVM_RUN ioctl call in conjunction with a modified Local Descriptor Table (LDT).
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (34.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 13
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0898.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3123 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- git.kernel.org/
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/44500 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 (Broken Link)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/42745 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)