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CVE-2009-3290

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.40%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-09-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2009-3290
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.40%
Linux

Original Filing — NVD Description

The kvm_emulate_hypercall function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in KVM in the Linux kernel 2.6.25-rc1, and other versions before 2.6.31, when running on x86 systems, does not prevent access to MMU hypercalls from ring 0, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest kernel crash) and read or write guest kernel memory via unspecified "random addresses."