CVE-2012-1179

N/A Unknown

Published: May 17, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

The Linux kernel before 3.3.1, when KVM is used, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging administrative access to the guest OS, related to the pmd_none_or_clear_bad function and page faults for huge pages.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/48404

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/48898

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/7

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027084

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803793

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4a1d704194a441bf83c636004a479e01360ec850

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html