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)
EPSS: 0.004 (34.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 13
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)