CVE-2013-1798 | BDVDB-2026-55112 Detail
Description#
The ioapic_read_indirect function in virt/kvm/ioapic.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 does not properly handle a certain combination of invalid IOAPIC_REG_SELECT and IOAPIC_REG_WINDOW operations, which allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host OS memory or cause a denial of service (host OS OOPS) via a crafted application.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2c118bfab8bc6b8bb213abfc35201e441693d55
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2c118bfab8bc6b8bb213abfc35201e441693d55
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0727.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/9
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0746.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917017
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.