CVE-2014-8480

kernel: kvm: NULL pointer dereference during rip relative instruction emulation

Published Nov 10, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2 lacks intended decoder-table flags for certain RIP-relative instructions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a crafted application.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-8317 The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2 lacks intended decoder-table flags for certain RIP-relative instructions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a crafted application.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:18 PM
Reserved
Oct 24, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 10, 2014, 11:55 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:16 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Oct 13, 2014, 12:00 AM