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nvd[email protected]NVD:CVE-2012-1601
HistoryMay 17, 2012 - 11:00 a.m.

CVE-2012-1601

2012-05-1711:00:37
CWE-399
web.nvd.nist.gov
6

CVSS2

4.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

AI Score

5.1

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

26.7%

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd
Node
linuxlinux_kernelRange3.3.5

CVSS2

4.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

AI Score

5.1

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

26.7%