ghsa-h9w7-gg89-fg55
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:26
Modified
2022-05-13 01:26
Details

The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5, when the guest OS lacks SYSENTER MSR initialization, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by triggering use of a 16-bit code segment for emulation of a SYSENTER instruction.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-0239"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-269"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2015-03-02T11:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5, when the guest OS lacks SYSENTER MSR initialization, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by triggering use of a 16-bit code segment for emulation of a SYSENTER instruction.",
  "id": "GHSA-h9w7-gg89-fg55",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:26:23Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:26:23Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0239"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1272"
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      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2152"
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      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0239"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186448"
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      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f3747379accba8e95d70cec0eae0582c8c182050"
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    },
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      "url": "http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.commits.head/502245"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170"
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      "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5"
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      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/6"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72842"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1"
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      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1"
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      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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