CVE-2009-1242 PUBLISHED CVSS 4.900000095367432 MEDIUM

The vmx_set_msr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the VMX implementation in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.1 on the i386 platform allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by setting the EFER_LME (aka "Long mode enable") bit in the Extended Feature Enable Register (EFER) model-specific register, which is specific to the x86_64 platform.

EPSS 0.07% · 20.8th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS v2.0
4.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.07%
20.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a
opensuseopensuse11.1, 11.0
fedoraprojectfedora10
linuxlinux_kernel0
canonicalubuntu_linux6.06, 8.04, 8.10
debiandebian_linux4.0, 5.0

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