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CVE-2012-1601
Published: May 17, 2012
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
SUSE-SU-2012:1679
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
DSA-2469
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
[oss-security] 20120329 Re: CVE request -- kernel: kvm: irqchip_in_kernel() and vcpu->arch.apic inconsistency
mailing-list
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RHSA-2012:0571
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
1026897
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
openSUSE-SU-2013:0925
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
49928
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808199
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.6
x_refsource_CONFIRM
RHSA-2012:0676
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
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