CVE ID:	CVE-2009-1242
Description:	The vmx_set_msr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the VMX implementation in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.1 on the i386 platform allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by setting the EFER_LME (aka "Long mode enable") bit in the Extended Feature Enable Register (EFER) model-specific register, which is specific to the x86_64 platform.
Test IDs:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64034
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1242 BugTraq ID: 34331 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34331 Bugtraq: 20090516 rPSA-2009-0084-1 kernel (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-1787 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 Debian Security Information: DSA-1800 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-EFER-8585 http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of,20090402,8311 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/3 http://secunia.com/advisories/34478 http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 http://secunia.com/advisories/35120 http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 http://secunia.com/advisories/35226 http://secunia.com/advisories/35387 http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 http://secunia.com/advisories/35656 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2009:031 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2009:032 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0924 XForce ISS Database: linux-kernel-eferlme-dos(49594) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49594