CVE - CVE-2012-1601

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-1601	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
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.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20120329 Re: CVE request -- kernel: kvm: irqchip_in_kernel() and vcpu->arch.apic inconsistency URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/30/1 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.6 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808199 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9c895160d25a76c21b65bad141b08e8d4f99afef DEBIAN:DSA-2469 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469 REDHAT:RHSA-2012:0571 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0571.html REDHAT:RHSA-2012:0676 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0676.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:1679 URL:https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2013:0925 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html SECTRACK:1026897 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026897 SECUNIA:49928 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/49928
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Date Entry Created
20120312	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE-ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120312)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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