CVE-2014-3645

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-10-21
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

It was found that the Linux kernel's KVM subsystem did not handle the VM exits gracefully for the invept (Invalidate Translations Derived from EPT) instructions. On hosts with an Intel processor and invept VM exit support, an unprivileged guest user could use these instructions to crash the guest.

See more information about CVE-2014-3645 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.7
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-44.1.4.el6uek)	ELSA-2014-3084	2014-10-30
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2014-1843	2014-11-11
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3084	2014-10-30
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-44.1.4.el7uek)	ELSA-2014-3084	2014-10-30
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2014-1724	2014-10-28
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3084	2014-10-30