A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's KVM subsystem handled non-canonical addresses when emulating instructions that change the RIP (for example, branches or calls). A guest user with access to an I/O or MMIO region could use this flaw to crash the guest.
Find out more about CVE-2014-3647 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue does affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Future kernel updates may address this issue.
This issue does affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than its security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
This issue does affect the kvm packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
| Base Score | 4.4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kernel) | RHSA-2015:2152 | 2015-11-19 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Will not fix |
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