{ "data_version": "4.0", "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2009-3640", "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The update_cr8_intercept function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc1 does not properly handle the absence of an Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC), which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a call to the kvm_vcpu_ioctl function." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "n/a", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_affected": "=", "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=88c808fd42b53a7e01a2ac3253ef31fef74cb5af", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=88c808fd42b53a7e01a2ac3253ef31fef74cb5af" }, { "url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125626965020571&w=2", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125626965020571&w=2" }, { "url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125640417219385&w=2", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125640417219385&w=2" }, { "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc1", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc1" }, { "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36805", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36805" }, { "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53947", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53947" } ] } }