CVE-2014-3611 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2014-3611

Race condition in the __kvm_migrate_pit_timer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c in the...

Vulnerability Description

Race condition in the __kvm_migrate_pit_timer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging incorrect PIT emulation.

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.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux kernel, enterprise linux, ubuntu linux, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 5.0, 10.04, 12.04, 7.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 10th, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.