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Bug 496176

Summary: Kernel: KVM: Priv escalation with VAPIC synchromization (CVE-2013-6368)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot <glsamaker>
Component: KernelAssignee: Gentoo Kernel Security <security-kernel>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: kernel
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard: [ <3.12.5 ]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

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 Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2022-03-25 19:21:24 UTC 
In 3.13 onward: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fda4e2e85589191b123d31cdc21fd33ee70f50fd