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Medium
CVE-2012-1179
The Linux kernel before 3.3.1, when KVM is used, allows...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027084
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48898
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/7
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4a1d704194a441bf83c636004a479e01360ec850
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803793
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48404
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.1
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Vulnerable Versions:
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Timeline
Official Publish:
May 17th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.