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CVE-2014-3610

The WRMSR processing functionality in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle the

The WRMSR processing functionality in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle the writing of a non-canonical address to a model-specific register, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging guest OS privileges, related to the wrmsr_interception function in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c and the handle_wrmsr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.0005
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Affected Products & Versions

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linux kernel< 3.17.2
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
debian linuxall versions
opensuse evergreenall versions
suse linux enterprise serverall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocgithub.com · 854e8bb1aa06c578c2c9145fa6bfe3680ef63b23github.com
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Scoring & Timeline

5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD10 Nov 2014 · 11:55 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

14
usnUSN-2491-1
usnUSN-2462-1
usnUSN-2418-1
usnUSN-2417-1
usnUSN-2396-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0869.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
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