CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-3690
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-11-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400
Description
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.17.2 on Intel processors does not ensure that the value in the CR4 control register remains the same after a VM entry, which allows host OS users to kill arbitrary processes or cause a denial of service (system disruption) by leveraging /dev/kvm access, as demonstrated by PR_SET_TSC prctl calls within a modified copy of QEMU.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 3.17.2)
• novell suse linux enterprise desktop 12.0
• novell suse linux enterprise server 11
• novell suse linux enterprise server 12.0
• opensuse evergreen 11.4
• suse linux enterprise real time extension 11
• suse linux enterprise software development kit 12
• suse linux enterprise workstation extension 12
• redhat enterprise linux 5.0
• debian debian linux 7.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d974baa398f34393db76be45f7d4d04fbdbb4a0a git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00035.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0782.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60174 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.2 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/21/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/29/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70691 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2419-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2420-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2421-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153322 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d974baa398f34393db76be45f7d4d04fbdbb4a0a Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d974baa398f34393db76be45f7d4d04fbdbb4a0a git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00035.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0782.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60174 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.2 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/21/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/29/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70691 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2419-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2420-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2421-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153322 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d974baa398f34393db76be45f7d4d04fbdbb4a0a Patch, Third Party Advisory