CVE-2009-3290

Linux Kernel < 2.6.30 - Resource Management Error

Title source: rule

Description

The kvm_emulate_hypercall function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in KVM in the Linux kernel 2.6.25-rc1, and other versions before 2.6.31, when running on x86 systems, does not prevent access to MMU hypercalls from ring 0, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest kernel crash) and read or write guest kernel memory via unspecified "random addresses."

References (10)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=07708c4af1346ab1521b26a202f438366b7bcffd

[Patch] http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/38926/

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/37105

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1465.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524124

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11328

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/18/1

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/21/1

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/22/8

Scores

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 15.4%

Classification

CWE

CWE-399

Status draft

Affected Products (2)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.30

linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published Sep 22, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026