| Revision Date: | 2014-11-10 | Version: | 1 | | Title: | CVE-2014-8480 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium. | | Description: | The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2 lacks intended decoder-table flags for certain RIP-relative instructions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a crafted application.
| | Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability | | Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2014-8480
| | Platform(s): | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
| Product(s): | | | Definition Synopsis | | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed. AND Package Information
NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in precise is not affected.
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-armadaxp' package in precise is not affected.
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-quantal' package in precise is not affected.
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needs-triage now end-of-life').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-saucy' package in precise is not affected.
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-trusty' package in precise is not affected.
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-ti-omap4' package in precise is not affected.
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