Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 10, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-3610
CVE-2014-3610
Description
The WRMSR processing functionality in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle the writing of a non-canonical address to a model-specific register, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging guest OS privileges, related to the wrmsr_interception function in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c and the handle_wrmsr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
13- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/854e8bb1aa06c578c2c9145fa6bfe3680ef63b23nvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0869.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/70742nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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