CVE-2014-7842

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 3.17.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application that performs an MMIO transaction or a PIO transaction to trigger a guest userspace emulation error report, a similar issue to CVE-2010-5313.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-7696 Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application that performs an MMIO transaction or a PIO transaction to trigger a guest userspace emulation error report, a similar issue to CVE-2010-5313.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2463-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2464-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2465-1 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2466-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2467-1 Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2468-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:03 PM
Reserved
Oct 3, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 30, 2014, 1:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:15 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 24, 2014, 12:00 AM