CVE-2014-3646

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 invvpid (Invalidate Translations Based on VPID) instructions. On hosts with an Intel processor and invppid VM exit support, an unprivileged guest user could use these instructions to crash the guest.

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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