CVE-2014-3610 Affecting kmod-kvm-debug package, versions <0:83-270.0.1.el5_11


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-KMODKVMDEBUG-2492618
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Nov 2014

Introduced: 10 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-3610  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kmod-kvm-debug to version 0:83-270.0.1.el5_11 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-0869.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kmod-kvm-debug package and not the kmod-kvm-debug package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.

The WRMSR processing functionality in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle the writing of a non-canonical address to a model-specific register, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging guest OS privileges, related to the wrmsr_interception function in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c and the handle_wrmsr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c.

CVSS Scores

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