Use After Free Affecting kvm package, versions <0:83-262.el5_9.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.89% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-KVM-9840972
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed20 Mar 2013

Introduced: 20 Mar 2013

CVE-2013-1797  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 kvm to version 0:83-262.el5_9.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2013:0727.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kvm package and not the kvm package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that triggers use of a guest physical address (GPA) in (1) movable or (2) removable memory during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME kvm_set_msr_common operation.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1