CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-1242
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-04-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The vmx_set_msr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the VMX implementation in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.1 on the i386 platform allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by setting the EFER_LME (aka "Long mode enable") bit in the Extended Feature Enable Register (EFER) model-specific register, which is specific to the x86_64 platform.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.29.1)
• opensuse opensuse 11.0
• opensuse opensuse 11.1
• debian debian linux 4.0
• debian debian linux 5.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.04
• fedoraproject fedora 10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16175a796d061833aacfbd9672235f2d2725df65 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/15549/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34478 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35120 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35226 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35387 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35656 Third Party Advisory
- http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-EFER-8585 Third Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of%2C20090402%2C8311 www.globalsecuritymag.com
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.1 Broken Link
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.29-git1.log Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34331 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0924 Broken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502109 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49594 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16175a796d061833aacfbd9672235f2d2725df65 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/15549/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34478 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35120 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35226 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35387 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35656 Third Party Advisory
- http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-EFER-8585 Third Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of%2C20090402%2C8311 www.globalsecuritymag.com
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.1 Broken Link
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.29-git1.log Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34331 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0924 Broken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502109 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49594 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html Third Party Advisory