CVE-2012-4461 (GCVE-0-2012-4461)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-01-22 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:35
VLAI
Summary
The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when running on hosts that use qemu userspace without XSAVE, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by using the KVM_SET_SREGS ioctl to set the X86_CR4_OSXSAVE bit in the guest cr4 register, then calling the KVM_RUN ioctl.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 996 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2012-11-06 00:00
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