{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2009-3290", "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_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.\"" } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524124", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524124" }, { "name": "USN-852-1", "refsource": "UBUNTU", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20090918 CVE request: kernel: KVM: x86: Disallow hypercalls for guest callers in rings > 0", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/18/1" }, { "name": "http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/38926/", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/38926/" }, { "name": "RHSA-2009:1465", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1465.html" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20090922 Re: CVE request: kernel: KVM: x86: Disallow hypercalls for guest callers in rings > 0", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/22/8" }, { "name": "oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11328", "refsource": "OVAL", "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11328" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20090921 Re: CVE request: kernel: KVM: x86: Disallow hypercalls for guest callers in rings > 0", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/21/1" }, { "name": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=07708c4af1346ab1521b26a202f438366b7bcffd", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=07708c4af1346ab1521b26a202f438366b7bcffd" }, { "name": "37105", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/37105" } ] } }