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CVE-2014-3646 Detail

Description

arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not have an exit handler for the INVVPID instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a642fc305053cc1c6e47e4f4df327895747ab485 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0126.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144825 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a642fc305053cc1c6e47e4f4df327895747ab485 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-3646
NVD Published Date:
11/10/2014
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.