CVE-2013-1796 (GCVE-0-2013-1796)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-03-22 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:13
VLAI
Summary
The kvm_set_msr_common function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 does not ensure a required time_page alignment during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME operation, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2013-03-20 00:00
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