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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 12:52:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: cve-assign@...re.org
To: ppandit@...hat.com
Cc: cve-assign@...re.org, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE request: Linux Kernel: ARM: KVM: NULL pointer dereferences
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> Linux kernel built for the ARM(CONFIG_ARM) platform along with the Kernel
> based Virtual Machine support(CONFIG_KVM), is vulnerable to a NULL pointer
> dereference flaw. It occurs while performing an ioctl(KVM_GET_REG_LIST) call
> on the KVM device, without first properly initialising a vCPU.
>
> An unprivileged user/program could use this flaw to crash the kernel resulting
> in DoS.
>
> Upstream fix:
> -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/e8180dcaa8470ceca21109f143876fdcd9fe050a
Use CVE-2013-5634.
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CVE assignment team, MITRE CVE Numbering Authority
M/S M300
202 Burlington Road, Bedford, MA 01730 USA
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