CVE-2014-3690
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.17.2 on Intel processors does not ensure that the value in the CR4 control register remains the same after a VM entry, which allows host OS users to kill arbitrary processes or cause a denial of service (system disruption) by leveraging /dev/kvm access, as demonstrated by PR_SET_TSC prctl calls within a modified copy of QEMU.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d974baa398f34393db76be45f7d4d04fbdbb4a0a
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00035.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0782.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.htmlAdvisory