CVE-2014-8369

7.8 HIGH

Published: November 10, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 miscalculates the number of pages during the handling of a mapping failure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-3601.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3d32e4dbe71374a6780eaf51d719d76f9a9bf22f

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0674.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/62326

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/62336

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3093

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70747

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70749

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156518

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3d32e4dbe71374a6780eaf51d719d76f9a9bf22f

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory

https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/24/460

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3d32e4dbe71374a6780eaf51d719d76f9a9bf22f