CVE-2009-4031

kernel: KVM: x86 emulator: limit instructions to 15 bytes

Published Nov 27, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 3.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The do_insn_fetch function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the x86 emulator in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8-next-20091125 tries to interpret instructions that contain too many bytes to be valid, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (increased scheduling latency) on the host OS via unspecified manipulations related to SMP support.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1962-1 New kvm packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-4002 The do_insn_fetch function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the x86 emulator in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8-next-20091125 tries to interpret instructions that contain too many bytes to be valid, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (increased scheduling latency) on the host OS via unspecified manipulations related to SMP support.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-894-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 6:45 AM
Reserved
Nov 20, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 29, 2009, 1:07 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:12 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 24, 2009, 12:00 AM