CVE-2012-1179
N/A
Published: May 17, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 3.3rc7
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/7Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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