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CVE ID:CVE-2012-4461
Description:The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when running on hosts that use qemu userspace without XSAVE, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by using the KVM_SET_SREGS ioctl to set the X86_CR4_OSXSAVE bit in the guest cr4 register, then calling the KVM_RUN ioctl.
Test IDs: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702668  
Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-4461
51160
http://secunia.com/advisories/51160
56414
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56414
RHSA-2013:0223
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0223.html
RHSA-2013:0882
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0882.html
SUSE-SU-2012:1679
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html
[oss-security] 20121106 CVE-2012-4461 -- kernel: kvm: invalid opcode oops on SET_SREGS with OSXSAVE bit set
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/06/14
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/100742
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/100742
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d1068b3a98519247d8ba4ec85cd40ac136dbdf9
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d1068b3a98519247d8ba4ec85cd40ac136dbdf9
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.6.9
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.6.9
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862900
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862900
openSUSE-SU-2013:0925
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html




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