CVE-2012-4461

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4461
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-01-22 23:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when running on hosts that use qemu userspace without XSAVE, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by using the KVM_SET_SREGS ioctl to set the X86_CR4_OSXSAVE bit in the guest cr4 register, then calling the KVM_RUN ioctl.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.6.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.6.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.6.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.6.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.6.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.6.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.6.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2012-4461 -- kernel: kvm: invalid opcode oops on SET_SREGS with OSXSAVE bit set af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Linux Kernel KVM CVE-2012-4461 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug 862900 – CVE-2012-4461 kernel: kvm: invalid opcode oops on SET_SREGS with OSXSAVE bit set af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.6.9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
SUSE-SU-2012:1679-1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.suse.com
article.gmane.org | 522: Connection timed out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 article.gmane.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0925-1: important: kernel: security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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