CVE-2014-3645

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    CVE-2014-3645

    Published: 10 Nov 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.12 does not have an exit handler for the INVEPT instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0126.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144835, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bfd0a56b90005f8c8a004baf407ad90045c2b11e, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bfd0a56b90005f8c8a004baf407ad90045c2b11e, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9

    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