{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2012-4461", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when running on hosts that use qemu userspace without XSAVE, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by using the KVM_SET_SREGS ioctl to set the X86_CR4_OSXSAVE bit in the guest cr4 register, then calling the KVM_RUN ioctl." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "RHSA-2013:0223", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0223.html" }, { "name": "56414", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56414" }, { "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862900", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862900" }, { "name": "RHSA-2013:0882", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0882.html" }, { "name": "51160", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/51160" }, { "name": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=6d1068b3a98519247d8ba4ec85cd40ac136dbdf9", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=6d1068b3a98519247d8ba4ec85cd40ac136dbdf9" }, { "name": "http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/100742", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/100742" }, { "name": "SUSE-SU-2012:1679", "refsource": "SUSE", "url": "https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20121106 CVE-2012-4461 -- kernel: kvm: invalid opcode oops on SET_SREGS with OSXSAVE bit set", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/06/14" }, { "name": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.6.9", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.6.9" }, { "name": "openSUSE-SU-2013:0925", "refsource": "SUSE", "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html" } ] } }