CVE-2009-4031

The do_insn_fetch function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the x86 emulator in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8-next-20091125 tries to…

published November 27, 2009

CVSS
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EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The do_insn_fetch function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the x86 emulator in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8-next-20091125 tries to interpret instructions that contain too many bytes to be valid, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (increased scheduling latency) on the host OS via unspecified manipulations related to SMP support.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03112 · 87.7th percentile
Published
2009-11-27T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 NOV 19:00Z
    The do_insn_fetch function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the x86 emulator in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8-next-20091125 tries to…
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