{"id":"CVE-2012-4461","details":"The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when running on hosts that use qemu userspace without XSAVE, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by using the KVM_SET_SREGS ioctl to set the X86_CR4_OSXSAVE bit in the guest cr4 register, then calling the KVM_RUN ioctl.","modified":"2026-01-27T04:11:20.288281Z","published":"2013-01-22T23:55:02Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:11:20.288281Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0223.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0882.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51160"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862900"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/100742"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d1068b3a98519247d8ba4ec85cd40ac136dbdf9"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.6.9"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/06/14"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56414"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}