CVE-2010-5313

kernel: kvm: reporting emulation failures to userspace

Published Nov 30, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 allows L2 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (L1 guest OS crash) via a crafted instruction that triggers an L2 emulation failure report, a similar issue to CVE-2014-7842.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-5271 Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 allows L2 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (L1 guest OS crash) via a crafted instruction that triggers an L2 emulation failure report, a similar issue to CVE-2014-7842.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 4:17 AM
Reserved
Nov 29, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 30, 2014, 1:59 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:26 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 24, 2014, 12:00 AM