Re: CVE request: Linux Kernel: ARM: KVM: NULL pointer dereferences

[cve-assign () mitre org]

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> Linux kernel built for the ARM(CONFIG_ARM) platform along with the Kernel
> based Virtual Machine support(CONFIG_KVM), is vulnerable to a NULL pointer
> dereference flaw. It occurs while performing an ioctl(KVM_GET_REG_LIST) call
> on the KVM device, without first properly initialising a vCPU.
>
> An unprivileged user/program could use this flaw to crash the kernel resulting
> in DoS.
>
> Upstream fix:
>   -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/e8180dcaa8470ceca21109f143876fdcd9fe050a

Use CVE-2013-5634.

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