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SCP6-597 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2015-4692

Created: Aug 2, 2015    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Sep 28, 2015
Previous ID: LIN4-32942
Found In Version: 6.0.0.20
Fix Version: 6.0.0.25
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Kernel

Description

The kvm_apic_has_events function in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h in the Linux kernel through 4.1.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging /dev/kvm access for an ioctl call.<a href=http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html>CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference</a>

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-4692

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