Security Advisory
CVE-2015-4692
4.9
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
July 27, 2015
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory