CVE-2009-1242

kernel: x86 guest OS can crash the system by writing to the EFER

Published Apr 6, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The vmx_set_msr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the VMX implementation in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.1 on the i386 platform allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by setting the EFER_LME (aka "Long mode enable") bit in the Extended Feature Enable Register (EFER) model-specific register, which is specific to the x86_64 platform.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1787-1 New Linux 2.6.24 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1800-1 New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-1241 The vmx_set_msr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the VMX implementation in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.1 on the i386 platform allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by setting the EFER_LME (aka "Long mode enable") bit in the Extended Feature Enable Register (EFER) model-specific register, which is specific to the x86_64 platform.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-793-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
References
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16175a796d061833aacfbd9672235f2d2725df65 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/15549/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34478 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35120 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35226 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35387 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35656 cve-icon cve-icon
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-EFER-8585 cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of%2C20090402%2C8311 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.29-git1.log cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34331 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0924 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502109 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49594 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1242 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html cve-icon cve-icon
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 5:04 AM
Reserved
Apr 6, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 6, 2009, 2:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:06 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 25, 2009, 12:00 AM