Description
Buffer overflow in the complete_emulated_mmio function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.6 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging a loop that triggers an invalid memory copy affecting certain cancel_work_item data.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.6
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/03/1
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a08d3b3b99efd509133946056531cdf8f3a0c09b
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a08d3b3b99efd509133946056531cdf8f3a0c09b
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062368
Scores
EPSS
0.0020
EPSS Percentile
41.3%
Details
CWE
CWE-120
Status
published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel
< 3.13.6
Published
Mar 11, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026