CVE-2014-3646

Description

arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not have an exit handler for the INVVPID instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a642fc305053cc1c6e47e4f4df327895747ab485

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144825

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0126.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a642fc305053cc1c6e47e4f4df327895747ab485

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3