- Description
- The ioapic_read_indirect function in virt/kvm/ioapic.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 does not properly handle a certain combination of invalid IOAPIC_REG_SELECT and IOAPIC_REG_WINDOW operations, which allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host OS memory or cause a denial of service (host OS OOPS) via a crafted application.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.2
- Impact score
- 9.2
- Exploitability score
- 3.2
- Vector string
- AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-20
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
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