FKIE_CVE-2009-4004

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-11-20 02:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:12
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Buffer overflow in the kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_setup_mce function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via a KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE IOCTL request that specifies a large number of Machine Check Exception (MCE) banks.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a9e38c3e01ad242fe2a625354cf065c34b01e3aa
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/37357Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc7Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37035Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3267Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54302Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a9e38c3e01ad242fe2a625354cf065c34b01e3aa
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/37357Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc7Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37035Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3267Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54302Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel 2.6.32
linux linux_kernel 2.6.32
linux linux_kernel 2.6.32
linux linux_kernel 2.6.32
linux linux_kernel 2.6.32
linux linux_kernel 2.6.32
linux linux_kernel 2.6.32
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