CVE-2013-1798
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-1798 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-03-22 11:59:11 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
AdjacentAccess Complexity
HighAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
NoneAvailability
CompleteAV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | 3.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | 3.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | 3.8.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | 3.8.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| USN-1809-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.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 | |
| KVM: Fix bounds checking in ioapic indirect register reads (CVE-2013-… · torvalds/linux@a2c118b · GitHub | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | github.com | Exploit, Patch |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:176 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| USN-1812-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:1187-1: important: 3.0.80 kernel up | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0065-1 ≈ Packet Storm | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | packetstormsecurity.com | |
| kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | git.kernel.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| USN-1813-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| 917017 – (CVE-2013-1798) CVE-2013-1798 kernel: kvm: out-of-bounds access in ioapic indirect register reads | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| oss-security - linux kernel: kvm: CVE-2013-179[6..8] | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.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 | |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0925-1: important: kernel: security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0847-1: important: kernel: security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree | MITRE | git.kernel.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.