CVE-2013-1943
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Summary
The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not check whether kernel addresses are specified during allocation of memory slots for use in a guest's physical address space, which allows local users to gain privileges or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application, related to arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h and virt/kvm/kvm_main.c.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://web.archive.org/web/20130329070349/http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa3d315a4ce2c0891cdde262562e710d95fba19e
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=950490
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1939-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa3d315a4ce2c0891cdde262562e710d95fba19e
References
- http://web.archive.org/web/20130329070349/http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa3d315a4ce2c0891cdde262562e710d95fba19e
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=950490
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1939-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa3d315a4ce2c0891cdde262562e710d95fba19e
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