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CVE-2014-3610

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:3.16.7-1CVE-2014-3610
Fixed in:3.16.7-1CVE-2014-3610
Fixed in:3.16.7-1CVE-2014-3610
Fixed in:3.16.7-1CVE-2014-3610
linuxUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-39.66USN-2395-1
linux-image-3.13.0-39-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-39.66USN-2395-1
linux-image-3.13.0-39-generic-lpaeUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-39.66USN-2395-1
linux-image-3.13.0-39-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-39.66USN-2395-1
linux-image-3.13.0-39-powerpc-e500Ubuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-39.66USN-2395-1
linux-image-3.13.0-39-powerpc-e500mcUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-39.66USN-2395-1
linux-image-3.13.0-39-powerpc-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-39.66USN-2395-1
linux-image-3.13.0-39-powerpc64-embUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-39.66USN-2395-1
linux-image-3.13.0-39-powerpc64-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-39.66USN-2395-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days
44thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 44% of all known CVEs.

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