The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5, when the guest OS lacks SYSENTER MSR initialization, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by triggering use of a 16-bit code segment for emulation of a SYSENTER instruction.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2015-03-02T11:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:03:10.562Z

Reserved: 2014-11-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-0239

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-03-02T11:59:04.693

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:22:37.637

Link: CVE-2015-0239

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-01-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-0239 - Bugzilla