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CVE-2012-1179
Published: May 17, 2012
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
RHSA-2012:0743
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
SUSE-SU-2012:0554
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
1027084
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
48898
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
[oss-security] 20120315 CVE-2012-1179 kernel: thp: __split_huge_page() mapcount != page_mapcount BUG_ON()
mailing-list
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803793
x_refsource_CONFIRM
48404
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
FEDORA-2012-3712
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
HPSBGN02970
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_HP
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.1
x_refsource_CONFIRM
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