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CVE-2009-4004

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2009-11-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_setup_mce function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via a KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE IOCTL request that specifies a large number of Machine Check Exception (MCE) banks.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References