Release Date: | 2013-03-20 |
Use-after-free vulnerability in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernelthrough 3.8.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that triggers use of a guest physical address (GPA) in (1) movable or (2) removable memory during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME kvm_set_msr_common operation.
See more information about CVE-2013-1797 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 6.5 | Base Metrics: | AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Access Vector: | Adjacent network | Attack Complexity: | High |
Authentication: | Requires single instance | Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
Integrity Impact: | Complete | Availability Impact: | Complete |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2013-2519 | 2013-04-24 |
Oracle Linux version 5 (kvm) | ELSA-2013-0727 | 2013-04-09 |
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel) | ELSA-2013-0744 | 2013-04-23 |
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2013-2519 | 2013-04-24 |
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