CVE-2012-4461 Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-300.28.1.el5uek
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2477897
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 22 Jan 2013
Introduced: 22 Jan 2013
CVE-2012-4461 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:5
kernel-uek-debug
to version 0:2.6.39-300.28.1.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2013-2503
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-debug
package and not the kernel-uek-debug
package as distributed by Oracle
.
See How to fix?
for Oracle:5
relevant fixed versions and status.
The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when running on hosts that use qemu userspace without XSAVE, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by using the KVM_SET_SREGS ioctl to set the X86_CR4_OSXSAVE bit in the guest cr4 register, then calling the KVM_RUN ioctl.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2012-4461.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-0223.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/06/14
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.6.9
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=6d1068b3a98519247d8ba4ec85cd40ac136dbdf9
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/100742
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862900
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56414
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0223.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51160
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0882.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d1068b3a98519247d8ba4ec85cd40ac136dbdf9