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).
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 | Broken Link |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639879 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44500 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3123 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0898.html | Third Party Advisory |
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321 | Third Party Advisory |
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 | Third Party Advisory |
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9581d442b9058d3699b4be568b6e5eae38a41493 |
Information
Published : 2010-11-26 11:00
Updated : 2023-02-12 20:25
NVD link : CVE-2010-3698
Mitre link : CVE-2010-3698
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CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Products Affected
fedoraproject
- fedora
linux
- linux_kernel