CVE-2010-3698
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).
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 4.9 Medium
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2010-11-26
- Last modified
- 2024-08-07
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400
Affected products
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9581d442b9058d3699b4be568b6e5eae38a41493
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0898.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44500
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3123
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639879
