** Description changed:

- Incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8480
+ The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in
+ the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2 does not properly handle invalid
+ instructions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service
+ (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a crafted application that
+ triggers (1) an improperly fetched instruction or (2) an instruction that
+ occupies too many bytes. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an
+ incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8480.
  
  Break-Fix: 41061cdb98a0bec464278b4db8e894a3121671f5
  a430c9166312e1aa3d80bce32374233bdbfeba32
** Changed in: linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Changed in: linux-lts-saucy (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Changed in: linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Vivid)
       Status: New => Invalid

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