CVE-2012-0045

The em_syscall function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.2.14 does not properly handle the 0f05 (aka syscall) opcode, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application, as demonstrated by an NASM file.

Date published : 2012-07-03

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c2226fc9e87ba3da060e47333657cd6616652b84

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.14