Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-5313

 

Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-5313

Published: April 1, 2016 / Updated: April 17, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU3901
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-5313
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c due to race condition. An adjacent attacker can submit a specially crafted instruction, trigger an L2 emulation failure report and cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2010-5313

Update to version 2.6.38.

Sources