Title: Linux Kernel KVM 'KVM_MAX_MCE_BANKS' Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
The Linux kernel is prone to a memory-corruption vulnerability that affects the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM). Specifically, the kernel allocates only 32 MCE banks, but it allows the userspace to fill up 255 MCE banks during setup.
Local attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges. Successful exploits will completely compromise affected computers.
Versions prior to Linux kernel 2.6.32-rc7 are vulnerable.
Affected Products:
- Linux kernel 2.6.25-rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.26 -rc6
- Linux kernel 2.6.26 .5
- Linux kernel 2.6.26 7
- Linux kernel 2.6.26-rc5-git1
- Linux kernel 2.6.26.1
- Linux kernel 2.6.26.3
- Linux kernel 2.6.26.4
- Linux kernel 2.6.26.6
- Linux kernel 2.6.27
- Linux kernel 2.6.27 -rc6-git6
- Linux kernel 2.6.27 -rc8
- Linux kernel 2.6.27 -rc8-git5
- Linux kernel 2.6.27 .5
- Linux kernel 2.6.27 12
- Linux kernel 2.6.27 3
- Linux kernel 2.6.27 6
- Linux kernel 2.6.27-rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.27-rc2
- Linux kernel 2.6.27-rc5
- Linux kernel 2.6.27-rc6
- Linux kernel 2.6.27.12
- Linux kernel 2.6.27.13
- Linux kernel 2.6.27.14
- Linux kernel 2.6.27.24
- Linux kernel 2.6.27.8
- Linux kernel 2.6.28
- Linux kernel 2.6.28 -git7
- Linux kernel 2.6.28 -rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.28 -rc5
- Linux kernel 2.6.28 -rc7
- Linux kernel 2.6.28.1
- Linux kernel 2.6.28.2
- Linux kernel 2.6.28.3
- Linux kernel 2.6.28.4
- Linux kernel 2.6.28.5
- Linux kernel 2.6.28.6
- Linux kernel 2.6.28.8
- Linux kernel 2.6.28.9
- Linux kernel 2.6.29
- Linux kernel 2.6.29-git1
- Linux kernel 2.6.29-git14
- Linux kernel 2.6.29-git8
- Linux kernel 2.6.29-rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.29-rc2
- Linux kernel 2.6.29-rc2-git1
- Linux kernel 2.6.29.1
- Linux kernel 2.6.29.4
- Linux kernel 2.6.3
- Linux kernel 2.6.30
- Linux kernel 2.6.30 -rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc2
- Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc3
- Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc5
- Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc6
- Linux kernel 2.6.30.1
- Linux kernel 2.6.30.3
- Linux kernel 2.6.30.4
- Linux kernel 2.6.30.5
- Linux kernel 2.6.31
- Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc2
- Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc3
- Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc5-git3
- Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc6
- Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc7
- Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc7
- Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc8
- Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc9
- Linux kernel 2.6.31.2
- Linux kernel 2.6.31.2
- Linux kernel 2.6.31.4
- Linux kernel 2.6.32-rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.32-rc2
- Linux kernel 2.6.32-rc3
- Linux kernel 2.6.32-rc4
- Linux kernel 2.6.32-rc5
- Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0.0
- Trustix Secure Linux 2.0.0
- Trustix Secure Linux 2.1.0
- Trustix Secure Linux 2.2.0
References:
- Jan Kiszka: KVM: x86: Catch potential overrun in MCE setup
- Linux: Linux 2.6.32-rc7 Changelog
- kernel.org: Linux kernel Homepage
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