CVE-2013-1943 (GCVE-0-2013-1943)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-07-16 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:20
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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| http://web.archive.org/web/20130329070349/http://… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=950490 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1939-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvald… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2011-07-21 00:00
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