CVE-2012-4461
N/A
Published: January 22, 2013 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when running on hosts that use qemu userspace without XSAVE, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by using the KVM_SET_SREGS ioctl to set the X86_CR4_OSXSAVE bit in the guest cr4 register, then calling the KVM_RUN ioctl.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/100742Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0223.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0882.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.6.9Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/06/14Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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