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CVE-2009-1242

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2009-04-06 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Canonical Ubuntu LinuxFedoraproject FedoraDebian Debian LinuxOpensuse OpensuseLinux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References