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Bug 496184

Summary: Kernel: KVM: Priv escalation via large ID value (CVE-2013-4587)
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: [ <3.12.6 ]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2013-12-27 15:24:36 UTC 
CVE-2013-4587 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4587):
  Array index error in the kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu function in
  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5
  allows local users to gain privileges via a large id value.