CVE-2013-1798

The ioapic_read_indirect function in virt/kvm/ioapic.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 does not properly handle a certain combination of invalid IOAPIC_REG_SELECT and IOAPIC_REG_WINDOW operations, which allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host OS memory or cause a denial of service (host OS OOPS) via a crafted application.

Affected products

Alt Linux, Centos, Linux Kernel, Red Hat, Suse, Kernel-Vanilla-Base, Kernel-Vanilla-Base-Debuginfo, Libvmtools-Devel

Linux Linux Kernel

≤ 3.8.4, 3.8.0, 3.8.1, 3.8.2, 3.8.3

CVSS 2.0

6.2 MEDIUM

EPSS

1.4% (69th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-20

NVD status

Modified

Published

2013-03-22