CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-4587
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2013-12-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
Array index error in the kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a large id value.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 3.2.54)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.4.75)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.5 < 3.10.25)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.11 < 3.12.6)
• opensuse opensuse 11.4
• opensuse opensuse 12.3
• opensuse opensuse 13.1
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=338c7dbadd2671189cec7faf64c84d01071b3f96 Broken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00002.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00003.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00045.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/12/12 Mailing List
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2109-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2110-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030986 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/338c7dbadd2671189cec7faf64c84d01071b3f96 Patch
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.54 Mailing List, VDB Entry
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338c7dbadd2671189cec7faf64c84d01071b3f96 Broken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00002.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00003.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00045.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/12/12 Mailing List
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2109-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2110-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030986 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/338c7dbadd2671189cec7faf64c84d01071b3f96 Patch
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.54 Mailing List, VDB Entry