CVE-2014-7842

Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application that performs an MMIO transaction or a PIO transaction to trigger a guest userspace emulation error report, a similar issue to CVE-2010-5313.

• CWE-362

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2b9e6c1a35afcc0973acb72e591c714e78885ff
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62305
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62326
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62336
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/7
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71078
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163762Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2b9e6c1a35afcc0973acb72e591c714e78885ffVendor Advisory
• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.4Vendor Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2b9e6c1a35afcc0973acb72e591c714e78885ff
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62305
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62326
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62336
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/7
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71078
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163762Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2b9e6c1a35afcc0973acb72e591c714e78885ffVendor Advisory
• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.4Vendor Advisory

Published

Nov 30, 2014

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified