Package: kvm Version: 85+dfsg-4.1 Severity: serious Tags: security Hi, the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was published for kvm.
CVE-2009-4004[0]: | Buffer overflow in the kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_setup_mce function in | arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before | 2.6.32-rc7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory | corruption) or possibly gain privileges via a KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE IOCTL | request that specifies a large number of Machine Check Exception (MCE) | banks. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE id in your changelog entry. Note that only sid is affected; the vulnerable code is not present in lenny. For further information see: [0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4004 http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4004 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
