CVE-2009-4031
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2009-4031 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization 5 (kvm) | RHSA-2009:1659 | 2009-12-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 5 (rhev-hypervisor) | RHSA-2009:1692 | 2009-12-23 |
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