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CVE-2009-1242 at MITRE

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.

NVD CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Novell/SUSE information

Novell Bugzilla entry: 492760

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras
  • kernel-default-extra >= 2.6.27.23-0.1.1
 Builds
SAT Patch Nr: 937
SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras
  • kernel-default-extra >= 2.6.27.23-0.1.1
  • kernel-ppc64-extra >= 2.6.27.23-0.1.1
 Builds
SAT Patch Nr: 939
SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras
  • kernel-default-extra >= 2.6.27.23-0.1.1
  • kernel-pae-extra >= 2.6.27.23-0.1.1
  • kernel-xen-extra >= 2.6.27.23-0.1.1
 Builds
SAT Patch Nr: 935
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11
  • cluster-network-kmp-default >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-2.1.7
  • cluster-network-kmp-ppc64 >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-2.1.7
  • ocfs2-kmp-default >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-4.1.7
  • ocfs2-kmp-ppc64 >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-4.1.7
 sle11-debuginfo.ppc
sles11.ppc
sle11-hae.ppc
SAT Patch Nr: 931
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11
  • cluster-network-kmp-default >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-2.1.7
  • ocfs2-kmp-default >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-4.1.7
 sle11-debuginfo.s390x
sle11-hae.s390x
sles11.s390x
SAT Patch Nr: 929
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11
  • cluster-network-kmp-default >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-2.1.7
  • cluster-network-kmp-pae >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-2.1.7
  • cluster-network-kmp-xen >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-2.1.7
  • ocfs2-kmp-default >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-4.1.7
  • ocfs2-kmp-pae >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-4.1.7
  • ocfs2-kmp-xen >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-4.1.7
 sled11.x86
sles11.x86
sle11-hae.x86
sle11-debuginfo.x86
SAT Patch Nr: 927
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11
  • cluster-network-kmp-default >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-2.1.7
  • cluster-network-kmp-xen >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-2.1.7
  • ocfs2-kmp-default >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-4.1.7
  • ocfs2-kmp-xen >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-4.1.7
 sled11.x86-64
sles11.x86-64
sle11-debuginfo.x86-64
sle11-hae.x86-64
SAT Patch Nr: 930
SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras
  • kernel-default-extra >= 2.6.27.23-0.1.1
  • kernel-xen-extra >= 2.6.27.23-0.1.1
 Builds
SAT Patch Nr: 940
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11
  • cluster-network-kmp-default >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-2.1.7
  • ocfs2-kmp-default >= 1.4_2.6.27.23_0.1-4.1.7
 sle11-hae.ia64
sle11-debuginfo.ia64
sles11.ia64
SAT Patch Nr: 928
SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras
  • kernel-default-extra >= 2.6.27.23-0.1.1
 Builds
SAT Patch Nr: 936

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