CVE-2010-3698

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.36

Description The issue is related to the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel, which does not properly reload the FS and GS segment registers. This can be exploited by host OS users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a host OS crash. The exploitation is possible via a KVM RUN ioctl call in conjunction with a modified Local Descriptor Table (LDT).

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.36, update to version 2.6.36 or later to resolve the issue.