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Bug 294244 - Kernel: kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_setup_mce() MCE DoS/Privilege Escalation (CVE-2009-4004)
Summary: Kernel: kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_setup_mce() MCE DoS/Privilege Escalation (CVE-2009...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel...
Whiteboard: [linux <2.6.32]
Keywords:
: 293530 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2009-11-23 17:38 UTC by Alex Legler (RETIRED)
Modified: 2009-12-07 13:51 UTC (History)
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Description Alex Legler (RETIRED) archtester gentoo-dev Security 2009-11-23 17:38:55 UTC 
CVE-2009-4004 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4004):
  Buffer overflow in the kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_setup_mce function in
  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before
  2.6.32-rc7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory
  corruption) or possibly gain privileges via a KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE IOCTL
  request that specifies a large number of Machine Check Exception
  (MCE) banks.
Comment 1 Bjoern Tropf (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-11-23 17:55:54 UTC 
*** Bug 293530 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 cilly 2009-11-24 15:21:40 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> *** Bug 293530 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
> 

Why did you file a new bugreport and mark Bug 293530 as duplicate which was files already 6 days earlier?