CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-1798

6.2 MEDIUM Published 2013-03-22 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2013-03-22
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.2 MEDIUM — AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The ioapic_read_indirect function in virt/kvm/ioapic.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 does not properly handle a certain combination of invalid IOAPIC_REG_SELECT and IOAPIC_REG_WINDOW operations, which allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host OS memory or cause a denial of service (host OS OOPS) via a crafted application.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 3.8.4) • linux linux kernel 3.8.0 • linux linux kernel 3.8.1 • linux linux kernel 3.8.2 • linux linux kernel 3.8.3

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References