CVE-2014-3646

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 3.17.2 - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not have an exit handler for the INVVPID instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application.

References (12)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a642fc305053cc1c6e47e4f4df327895747ab485

[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

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0126.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144825

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a642fc305053cc1c6e47e4f4df327895747ab485

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0010

EPSS Percentile 27.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (6)

linux/linux_kernel < 3.17.2

redhat/enterprise_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

debian/debian_linux

opensuse/evergreen

suse/suse_linux_enterprise_server

Timeline

Published Nov 10, 2014

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026