CVE-2013-5634

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    CVE-2013-5634

    Published: 25 Sept 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: arch/arm/kvm/arm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 on the ARM platform, when KVM is used, allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, OOPS, and host OS crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by omitting vCPU initialization before a KVM_GET_REG_LIST ioctl call.

    References: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e8180dcaa8470ceca21109f143876fdcd9fe050a, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e8180dcaa8470ceca21109f143876fdcd9fe050a, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.10.bz2, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e8180dcaa8470ceca21109f143876fdcd9fe050a, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/26/4, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61995

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High