CVE-2014-7842

CVE Details

Release Date:

2014-09-24

Description

Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application that performs an MMIO transaction or a PIO transaction to trigger a guest userspace emulation error report, a similar issue to CVE-2010-5313.

See more information about CVE-2014-7842 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3502	2016-01-08
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2016-0855	2016-05-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3502	2016-01-08
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2015-2152	2015-11-24

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