CVE-2015-3214

Publication date 17 June 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

The pit_ioport_read in i8254.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 and QEMU before 2.3.1 does not distinguish between read lengths and write lengths, which might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by triggering use of an invalid index.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
qemu	15.04 vivid	Fixed 1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu9.3
	14.10 utopic	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.15
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
qemu-kvm	15.04 vivid	Not in release
	14.10 utopic	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Notes

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introduced in 0505bcdec8228d8de39ab1a02644e71999e7c05, 1.3.0 first version

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
qemu	Upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=d4862a87e31a51de9eb260f25c9e99a75efe3235

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)