CVE-2013-4587

Description

Array index error in the kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a large id value.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/338c7dbadd2671189cec7faf64c84d01071b3f96

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030986

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/12/12

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.54

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00045.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2110-1

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00002.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2109-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00003.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338c7dbadd2671189cec7faf64c84d01071b3f96

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2