arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.17.2 on Intel processors does not ensure that the value in the CR4 control register remains the same after a VM entry, which allows host OS users to kill arbitrary processes or cause a denial of service (system disruption) by leveraging /dev/kvm access, as demonstrated by PR_SET_TSC prctl calls within a modified copy of QEMU.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2014-11-10T11:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T10:50:18.307Z
Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-3690
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 2014-11-10T11:55:07.783
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2014-3690
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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