The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5, when the guest OS lacks SYSENTER MSR initialization, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by triggering use of a 16-bit code segment for emulation of a SYSENTER instruction.
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Information
Published : 2015-03-02 03:59
Updated : 2023-02-12 16:45
NVD link : CVE-2015-0239
Mitre link : CVE-2015-0239
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CWE
CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- enterprise_linux_server
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
debian
- debian_linux
oracle
- linux