| Revision Date: | 2015-07-27 | Version: | 1 | | Title: | CVE-2015-4692 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low. | | Description: | The kvm_apic_has_events function in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h in the Linux kernel through 4.1.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging /dev/kvm access for an ioctl call. A flaw was discovered in the kvm (kernel virtual machine) subsystem's kvm_apic_has_events function. A unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash).
| | Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability | | Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2015-4692
| | 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 While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needed now end-of-life').
OR The 'linux-lts-trusty' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.13.0-58.97~precise1').
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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