CVE - CVE-2012-1601

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-1601	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:1026897 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026897 MISC:49928 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/49928 MISC:DSA-2469 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469 MISC:RHSA-2012:0571 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0571.html MISC:RHSA-2012:0676 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0676.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:1679 URL:https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html MISC:[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 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.6 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.6 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808199 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808199 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9c895160d25a76c21b65bad141b08e8d4f99afef URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9c895160d25a76c21b65bad141b08e8d4f99afef 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
20120312	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 (20120312)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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