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CVE-2009-3722

Published: 30 October 2009

The handle_dr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.1 does not properly verify the Current Privilege Level (CPL) before accessing a debug register, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (trap) on the host OS via a crafted application.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Avi Kivity discovered that KVM did not correctly check privileges when accessing debug registers. A local attacker could exploit this to crash a host system from within a guest system, leading to a denial of service. Ubuntu 6.06 and 9.10 were not affected.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Ignored
(end of life)
intrepid Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
jaunty Ignored
(end of life)
karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy
Released (2.6.24-26.64)
intrepid
Released (2.6.27-16.44)
jaunty
Released (2.6.28-17.58)
karmic Not vulnerable

lucid Not vulnerable

maverick Not vulnerable

natty Not vulnerable

upstream
Released (2.6.32~rc1)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0a79b009525b160081d75cef5dbf45817956acf2
linux-ec2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

intrepid Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

karmic Not vulnerable

lucid Not vulnerable

maverick Ignored
(end of life)
natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.32~rc1)
linux-fsl-imx51
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic Not vulnerable

lucid Not vulnerable

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.32~rc1)
linux-lts-backport-maverick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

intrepid Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Not vulnerable

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.32~rc1)
linux-mvl-dove
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic Ignored
(end of life)
lucid Not vulnerable

maverick Not vulnerable

natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.32~rc1)
linux-source-2.6.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Not vulnerable

hardy Does not exist

intrepid Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.32~rc1)
linux-ti-omap4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Not vulnerable

natty Not vulnerable

upstream
Released (2.6.32~rc1)
qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

intrepid Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

karmic Not vulnerable

lucid Not vulnerable

maverick Not vulnerable

natty Not vulnerable

upstream Not vulnerable