CVE-2013-1798

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.2
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMar 22, 2013
First seenMar 22, 2013

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 3.8.4, 3.8.0, 3.8.1, 3.8.2, 3.8.3—

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