CVE-2014-3645 Information

Description

arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.12 does not have an exit handler for the INVEPT instruction which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bfd0a56b90005f8c8a004baf407ad90045c2b11e http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0126.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144835 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bfd0a56b90005f8c8a004baf407ad90045c2b11e

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