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CVE-2013-5634 Detail

Current Description

arch/arm/kvm/arm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 on the ARM platform, when KVM is used, allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, OOPS, and host OS crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by omitting vCPU initialization before a KVM_GET_REG_LIST ioctl call.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  09/25/2013
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Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.9
Exploitability Subscore: 2.5

Access Vector (AV): Local_Network
Access Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (AU): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e8180dcaa8470ceca21109f143876fdcd9fe050a Exploit Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/26/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61995
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e8180dcaa8470ceca21109f143876fdcd9fe050a Exploit Patch
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.10.bz2 Patch

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)

Change History

2 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-5634
NVD Published Date:
09/25/2013
NVD Last Modified:
12/07/2016