CVE - CVE-2012-2137

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-2137	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Buffer overflow in virt/kvm/irq_comm.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI), irq routing entries, and an incorrect check by the setup_routing_entry function before invoking the kvm_set_irq function.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:50952 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50952 MISC:50961 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50961 MISC:54063 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54063 MISC:HPSBGN02970 URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 MISC:RHSA-2012:0743 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html MISC:USN-1529-1 URL:http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1 MISC:USN-1594-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1594-1 MISC:USN-1606-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1606-1 MISC:USN-1607-1 URL:http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1607-1 MISC:USN-1609-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1609-1 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f2ebd422f71cda9c791f76f85d2ca102ae34a1ed URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f2ebd422f71cda9c791f76f85d2ca102ae34a1ed MISC:http://ubuntu.5.n6.nabble.com/PATCH-Oneiric-CVE-2012-2137-KVM-Fix-buffer-overflow-in-kvm-set-irq-td4990566.html URL:http://ubuntu.5.n6.nabble.com/PATCH-Oneiric-CVE-2012-2137-KVM-Fix-buffer-overflow-in-kvm-set-irq-td4990566.html MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.24 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.24 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816151 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816151 MISC:openSUSE-SU-2013:0925 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120404	Disclaimer: The record 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 (20120404)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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