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CVE-2014-3690
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.17.2 on Intel processors does not ensure that the value in the CR4…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.52%
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- redhat
Description
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.17.2 on Intel processors does not ensure that the value in the CR4 control register remains the same after a VM entry, which allows host OS users to kill arbitrary processes or cause a denial of service (system disruption) by leveraging /dev/kvm access, as demonstrated by PR_SET_TSC prctl calls within a modified copy of QEMU.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.52% · top 56% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (22)
- [oss-security] 20141029 Re: CVE-2014-3690: KVM DoS triggerable by malicious host userspace (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0736 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2418-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2417-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d974baa398f34393db76be45f7d4d04fbdbb4a0a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0178 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2419-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-3060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 70691 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0864 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0290 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0481 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0566 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d974baa398f34393db76be45f7d4d04fbdbb4a0a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0782 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 60174 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-2421-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2420-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153322 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141021 CVE-2014-3690: KVM DoS triggerable by malicious host userspace (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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