{"id":"CVE-2014-3690","details":"arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.17.2 on Intel processors does not ensure that the value in the CR4 control register remains the same after a VM entry, which allows host OS users to kill arbitrary processes or cause a denial of service (system disruption) by leveraging /dev/kvm access, as demonstrated by PR_SET_TSC prctl calls within a modified copy of QEMU.","modified":"2026-02-04T08:28:48.459474Z","published":"2014-11-10T11:55:07Z","related":["SUSE-RU-2015:0621-1","SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1","SUSE-SU-2015:0581-1","SUSE-SU-2015:0736-1","SUSE-SU-2015:1174-1","SUSE-SU-2015:1376-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00035.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0782.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/60174"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/21/4"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/29/7"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70691"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2419-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2420-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2421-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153322"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d974baa398f34393db76be45f7d4d04fbdbb4a0a"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00035.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.2"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/21/4"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/29/7"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.2"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/21/4"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/29/7"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153322"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d974baa398f34393db76be45f7d4d04fbdbb4a0a"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153322"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d974baa398f34393db76be45f7d4d04fbdbb4a0a"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}