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CVE-2014-7842

MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application that performs an MMIO transaction or a PIO transaction to trigger a guest userspace emulation error report, a similar issue to CVE-2010-5313.

CWE-362Race Condition

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:3.16.7-ckt2-1CVE-2014-7842
Fixed in:3.16.7-ckt2-1CVE-2014-7842
Fixed in:3.16.7-ckt2-1CVE-2014-7842
Fixed in:3.16.7-ckt2-1CVE-2014-7842
linuxUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-44.73USN-2466-1
linux-image-3.13.0-44-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-44.73USN-2466-1
linux-image-3.13.0-44-generic-lpaeUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-44.73USN-2466-1
linux-image-3.13.0-44-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-44.73USN-2466-1
linux-image-3.13.0-44-powerpc-e500Ubuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-44.73USN-2466-1
linux-image-3.13.0-44-powerpc-e500mcUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-44.73USN-2466-1
linux-image-3.13.0-44-powerpc-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-44.73USN-2466-1
linux-image-3.13.0-44-powerpc64-embUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-44.73USN-2466-1
linux-image-3.13.0-44-powerpc64-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-44.73USN-2466-1
linux-image-3.16.0-29-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-29.39~14.04.1USN-2467-1
linux-image-3.16.0-29-generic-lpaeUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-29.39~14.04.1USN-2467-1
linux-image-3.16.0-29-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-29.39~14.04.1USN-2467-1
linux-image-3.16.0-29-powerpc-e500mcUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-29.39~14.04.1USN-2467-1
linux-image-3.16.0-29-powerpc-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-29.39~14.04.1USN-2467-1
linux-image-3.16.0-29-powerpc64-embUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-29.39~14.04.1USN-2467-1
linux-image-3.16.0-29-powerpc64-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-29.39~14.04.1USN-2467-1
linux-lts-utopicUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-29.39~14.04.1USN-2467-1

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

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.37%probability of exploitation in 30 days
29thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 29% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-362 (Race Condition) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2024-6387High8.1100%-Fix
CVE-2023-36884High7.599%KEV + RansomFix
CVE-2018-15473Medium5.399%-Fix
CVE-2024-27983High8.287%-Fix
CVE-2014-0226Medium6.886%-Fix
CVE-2016-5195High7.084%KEVFix
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