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CVE-2009-3638

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Description

Integer overflow in the kvm_dev_ioctl_get_supported_cpuid function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.4 allows local users to have an unspecified impact via a KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID request to the kvm_arch_dev_ioctl function.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6a54435560efdab1a08f429a954df4d6c740bddf

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125628917011048&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125632898507373&w=2

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.4

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc4

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36803

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530515

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53934

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00190.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2009-10-29

Updated: 2017-08-17

Type: CWE-189

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH

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