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CVE-2012-1601

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

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Summary

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.

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    Version range not reported

References 11

GitHub · torvalds/linux

suse.com

debian.org

openwall.com

rhn.redhat.com

securitytracker.com

lists.opensuse.org

secunia.com

bugzilla.redhat.com

kernel.org