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Cent OS: CVE-2014-3690: CESA-2015:0864 (kernel)

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Cent OS: CVE-2014-3690: CESA-2015:0864 (kernel)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/10/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
08/17/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-abi-whitelists
  • 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

  • 70691
  • DSA-3060
  • MDVSA-2015:058
  • CVE-2014-3690
  • RHSA-2015:0290
  • RHSA-2015:0782
  • SUSE-SU-2015:0178
  • SUSE-SU-2015:0481
  • SUSE-SU-2015:0736
  • USN-2417-1
  • USN-2418-1
  • USN-2419-1
  • USN-2420-1
  • USN-2421-1
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