CVE-2013-1943

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not check whether kernel addresses are specified during allocation of memory slots for use in a guest's…

published July 16, 2013

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
38.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not check whether kernel addresses are specified during allocation of memory slots for use in a guest's physical address space, which allows local users to gain privileges or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application, related to arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h and virt/kvm/kvm_main.c.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00449 · 38.0th percentile
Published
2013-07-16T10:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 JUL 10:00Z
    The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not check whether kernel addresses are specified during allocation of memory slots for use in a guest's…
    cvelistv5