CVE-2009-4031

The do_insn_fetch function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the x86 emulator in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8-next-20091125 tries to interpret instructions that contain too many bytes to be valid, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (increased scheduling latency) on the host OS via unspecified manipulations related to SMP support.

• CWE-20

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e42d9b8141d1f54ff72ad3850bb110c95a5f3b88
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37720Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.32-rc8-next-20091125.gzPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/25/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/25/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37130Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541160Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11089Third Party Advisory
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00777.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e42d9b8141d1f54ff72ad3850bb110c95a5f3b88
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37720Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.32-rc8-next-20091125.gzPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/25/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/25/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37130Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541160Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11089Third Party Advisory
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00777.htmlThird Party Advisory

Published

Nov 29, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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