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CVE-2013-1798 Details

Description

The ioapic_read_indirect function in virt/kvm/ioapic.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 does not properly handle a certain combination of invalid IOAPIC_REG_SELECT and IOAPIC_REG_WINDOW operations, which allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host OS memory or cause a denial of service (host OS OOPS) via a crafted application.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2c118bfab8bc6b8bb213abfc35201e441693d55	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html	CVE
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157233/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0065-1.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0727.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0746.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917017	CVE
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2c118bfab8bc6b8bb213abfc35201e441693d55	CVE	ExploitPatch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/9	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1	CVE
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2c118bfab8bc6b8bb213abfc35201e441693d55	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html	[email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157233/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0065-1.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0727.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0746.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917017	[email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2c118bfab8bc6b8bb213abfc35201e441693d55	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/9	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	<= 3.8.4 3.8.0 3.8.1 3.8.2 3.8.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 15, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 22, 2013	Initial Analysis	[email protected]