A vulnerability has been identified in KVM, which could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in the "kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs()" function that does not validate the page table root in a "KVM_SET_SREGS" call, which could allow malicious users to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and panic a vulnerable system, creating a denial of service condition.
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