CVE-2014-3646
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not have an exit handler for the INVVPID instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a642fc305053cc1c6e47e4f4df327895747ab485
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0126.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1Advisory