The Linux kernel before 3.3.1, when KVM is used, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging administrative access to the guest OS, related to the pmd_none_or_clear_bad function and page faults for huge pages.
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References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html - | |
References | () http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 - | |
References | () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html - | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/48404 - | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 - | |
References | () http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.1 - | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/7 - | |
References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027084 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803793 - | |
References | () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4a1d704194a441bf83c636004a479e01360ec850 - |
Information
Published : 2012-05-17 11:00
Updated : 2024-11-21 01:36
NVD link : CVE-2012-1179
Mitre link : CVE-2012-1179
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-1179
JSON object : View
Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-264
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