Linux · Linux Kernel · CVE-2012-0045
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Linux kernel versions prior to 3.2.14
**Description**
The issue allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a guest OS crash, by utilizing a crafted application. This is due to the em syscall function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c not properly handling the 0f05 opcode.
**Recommendations**
For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.2.14, update to version 3.2.14 or later to resolve the issue.