CVE-2015-0239

Description

The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5, when the guest OS lacks SYSENTER MSR initialization, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by triggering use of a 16-bit code segment for emulation of a SYSENTER instruction.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.1

MODERATE

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.101

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.3.5.el6uek update (ELSA-2015-3053) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.3.5.el6uek-0.4.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm	Linux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.3.5.el7uek update (ELSA-2015-3053) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.3.5.el7uek-0.4.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm	Linux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-98.el6uek update (ELSA-2015-3064) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-98.el6uek-0.4.5-2.el6.x86_64.rpm	Linux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-98.el7uek update (ELSA-2015-3064) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-98.el7uek-0.4.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234