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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 30, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2010-5313

CVE-2010-5313

Description

Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 allows L2 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (L1 guest OS crash) via a crafted instruction that triggers an L2 emulation failure report, a similar issue to CVE-2014-7842.

Affected products

1
  • Linux/Kernel
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=2.6.37

Patches

1
fc3a9157d314

KVM: X86: Don't report L2 emulation failures to user-space

https://github.com/torvalds/linuxJoerg RoedelNov 29, 2010via osv
commit
1 file changed · +10 −4
  • arch/x86/kvm/x86.c+10 −4 modified
    @@ -4314,13 +4314,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_inject_realmode_interrupt);
 
 static int handle_emulation_failure(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	int r = EMULATE_DONE;
+
 	++vcpu->stat.insn_emulation_fail;
 	trace_kvm_emulate_insn_failed(vcpu);
-	vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR;
-	vcpu->run->internal.suberror = KVM_INTERNAL_ERROR_EMULATION;
-	vcpu->run->internal.ndata = 0;
+	if (!is_guest_mode(vcpu)) {
+		vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR;
+		vcpu->run->internal.suberror = KVM_INTERNAL_ERROR_EMULATION;
+		vcpu->run->internal.ndata = 0;
+		r = EMULATE_FAIL;
+	}
 	kvm_queue_exception(vcpu, UD_VECTOR);
-	return EMULATE_FAIL;
+
+	return r;
 }
 
 static bool reexecute_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva)

Vulnerability mechanics

Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.

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