MEDIUM
kernel: x86 guest OS can crash the system by writing to the EFER
Published Apr 6, 2009
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.47%
Description
The vmx_set_msr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the VMX implementation in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.1 on the i386 platform allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by setting the EFER_LME (aka "Long mode enable") bit in the Extended Feature Enable Register (EFER) model-specific register, which is specific to the x86_64 platform.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 2.6.29.1
Configuration 3
OR
- 4.0
- 5.0
Configuration 4
OR
- 6.06
- 8.04
- 8.10
- 9.04
Configuration 5
- 10
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG.
Weaknesses (1)
References (31)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16175a796d061833aacfbd9672235f2d2725df65 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/15549/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34478 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35120 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35226 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35387 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35656 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-EFER-8585 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of%2C20090402%2C8311 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.1 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.29-git1.log x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34331 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0924 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1242 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502109 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2009-1241 Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49594 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1242
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1242
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 6, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 6, 2009
Link CVE-2009-1242
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2009-1241 Assigner mitre
Published Apr 6, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Exploited since n/a
Link EUVD-2009-1241