CVE-2012-2121
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 17, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 4, 2012
Description
The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3.4 does not properly manage the relationships between memory slots and the iommu, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory leak and host OS crash) by leveraging administrative access to the guest OS to conduct hotunplug and hotplug operations on devices.
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
- 50732third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2012:0743vendor-advisory
- 1027083vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20120419 Re: CVE request -- kernel: kvm: device assignment page leakmailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814149
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/09ca8e1173bcb12e2a449698c9ae3b86a8a10195
- USN-1577-1vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.4
- USN-2036-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2037-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2012:0676vendor-advisory
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