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CVE-2009-1242

Date: April 6, 2009

The vmx_set_msr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the VMX implementation in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.1 on the i386 platform allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by setting the EFER_LME (aka "Long mode enable") bit in the Extended Feature Enable Register (EFER) model-specific register, which is specific to the x86_64 platform.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.1

Related Resources (30)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35226

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/34478

Url: http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of%2C20090402%2C8311

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35120

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35121

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35387

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49594

Url: http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-EFER-8585

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35656

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16175a796d061833aacfbd9672235f2d2725df65

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/3

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35394

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1242

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-1242

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.29-git1.log

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/34981

Url: http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/15549/

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34331

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502109

Url: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0924

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-1242

Severity Score

5.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.1
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2009-1242

Date: April 6, 2009

Language: C

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