CVE-2012-4461

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when running on hosts that use qemu userspace without XSAVE, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by using the KVM_SET_SREGS ioctl to set the X86_CR4_OSXSAVE bit in the guest cr4 register, then calling the KVM_RUN ioctl.

Date published : 2013-01-22

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56414

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=6d1068b3a98519247d8ba4ec85cd40ac136dbdf9