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Tracker / CVE-2010-3698

CVE-2010-3698

Medium 4.9

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly reload the FS and GS segment registers, which allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a KVM_RUN ioctl call in conjunction with a modified Local Descriptor Table (LDT).

Affected products and versions

fedoraproject fedora
linux linux_kernel · … → 2.6.36

Analysis

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