Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 22, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2013-1797
CVE-2013-1797
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that triggers use of a guest physical address (GPA) in (1) movable or (2) removable memory during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME kvm_set_msr_common operation.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.8.4
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <=3.8.4
Patches
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References
16- git.kernel.orgnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0727.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0746.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.htmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/9nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0b79459b482e85cb7426aa7da683a9f2c97aeae1nvd
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