CVE-2012-1601
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 17, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 12, 2012
Description
The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3.6 allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by making a KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP ioctl call after a virtual CPU already exists.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9c895160d25a76c21b65bad141b08e8d4f99afef
- SUSE-SU-2012:1679vendor-advisory
- DSA-2469vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20120329 Re: CVE request -- kernel: kvm: irqchip_in_kernel() and vcpu->arch.apic inconsistencymailing-list
- RHSA-2012:0571vendor-advisory
- 1026897vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0925vendor-advisory
- 49928third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808199
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.6
- RHSA-2012:0676vendor-advisory
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