496176 – Kernel: KVM: Priv escalation with VAPIC synchromization (CVE-2013-6368)

Bug 496176 - Kernel: KVM: Priv escalation with VAPIC synchromization (CVE-2013-6368)

Summary: Kernel: KVM: Priv escalation with VAPIC synchromization (CVE-2013-6368)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Security

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Whiteboard:	[ <3.12.5 ]
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Reported:	2013-12-27 15:01 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified:	2022-03-25 19:21 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2013-12-27 15:01:45 UTC

CVE-2013-6368 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6368):
  The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5 allows local users to
  gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a VAPIC
  synchronization operation involving a page-end address.

Comment 1 John Helmert III archtester

2022-03-25 19:21:24 UTC

In 3.13 onward: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fda4e2e85589191b123d31cdc21fd33ee70f50fd