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Cent OS: CVE-2012-4461: CESA-2013:0223 (kernel)

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Cent OS: CVE-2012-4461: CESA-2013:0223 (kernel)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/22/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when running on hosts that use qemu userspace without XSAVE, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by using the KVM_SET_SREGS ioctl to set the X86_CR4_OSXSAVE bit in the guest cr4 register, then calling the KVM_RUN ioctl.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-doc
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-firmware
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • centos-upgrade-perf
  • centos-upgrade-python-perf

References

  • 56414
  • DSA-2668
  • CVE-2012-4461
  • RHSA-2013:0223
  • RHSA-2013:0882
  • SUSE-SU-2012:1679
  • USN-1688-1
  • USN-1689-1
  • USN-1696-1
  • USN-1699-1
  • USN-1704-1
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