Public bug reported:
The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly
reload the FS and GS segment registers, which allows host OS users to cause
a denial of service (host OS crash) via a KVM_RUN ioctl call in conjunction
with a modified Local Descriptor Table (LDT).
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Medium
Status: Fix Released
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Maverick)
Importance: Medium
Assignee: Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical)
Status: In Progress
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Hardy)
Importance: Medium
Assignee: Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical)
Status: In Progress
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Karmic)
Importance: Medium
Assignee: Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical)
Status: In Progress
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical)
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Hardy)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Karmic)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Maverick)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Hardy)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Hardy)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Hardy)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical)
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Karmic)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Karmic)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Karmic)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical)
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Maverick)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Maverick)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Maverick)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical)
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical) => (unassigned)
** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2010-3698
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/707000
Title:
CVE-2010-3698
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