CVE - CVE-2013-4592

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-4592	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Memory leak in the __kvm_set_memory_region function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging certain device access to trigger movement of memory slots.
References
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MISC:RHSA-2013:1645 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html MISC:USN-2066-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2066-1 MISC:USN-2067-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2067-1 MISC:USN-2111-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2111-1 MISC:USN-2112-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2112-1 MISC:USN-2114-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2114-1 MISC:USN-2115-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2115-1 MISC:USN-2116-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2116-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20131118 CVE-2013-4592 -- Linux kernel: kvm: memory leak when memory slot is moved with assigned device URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/18/3 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e40f193f5bb022e927a57a4f5d5194e4f12ddb74 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e40f193f5bb022e927a57a4f5d5194e4f12ddb74 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1031702 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1031702 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e40f193f5bb022e927a57a4f5d5194e4f12ddb74 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e40f193f5bb022e927a57a4f5d5194e4f12ddb74 MISC:https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.9.bz2 URL:https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.9.bz2 MISC:openSUSE-SU-2014:0247 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00045.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20130612	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.
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Assigned (20130612)
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