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CVE-2013-1943 Details

Description

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not check whether kernel addresses are specified during allocation of memory slots for use in a guest's physical address space, which allows local users to gain privileges or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application, related to arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h and virt/kvm/kvm_main.c.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa3d315a4ce2c0891cdde262562e710d95fba19e CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=950490 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa3d315a4ce2c0891cdde262562e710d95fba19e CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
http://web.archive.org/web/20130329070349/http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0 CVEBroken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1939-1 CVEThird Party Advisory

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
< 3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux
5.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux eus
6.2
6.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
10.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-1943
NVD Published Date:
Jul 16, 2013
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]