CVE-2013-5634
arch/arm/kvm/arm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 on the ARM platform, when KVM is used, allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, OOPS, and host OS crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by omitting vCPU…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.76%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
arch/arm/kvm/arm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 on the ARM platform, when KVM is used, allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, OOPS, and host OS crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by omitting vCPU initialization before a KVM_GET_REG_LIST ioctl call.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.76% probability · 53th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e8180dcaa8470ceca21109f143876fdcd9fe050a
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/26/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61995
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e8180dcaa8470ceca21109f143876fdcd9fe050aExploit, Patch
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.10.bz2Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e8180dcaa8470ceca21109f143876fdcd9fe050a
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/26/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61995
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e8180dcaa8470ceca21109f143876fdcd9fe050aExploit, Patch
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.10.bz2Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.