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HistoryNov 10, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerability

2015-11-1000:00:00
ubuntu.com
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CVSS2

4.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

31.8%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

  • linux-lts-utopic - Linux hardware enablement kernel from Utopic

Details

Ben Serebrin discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly catch Alignment Check exceptions. An attacker in a
guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) in the host OS.

CVSS2

4.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

31.8%