fkie_cve-2012-1601
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2012-05-17 11:00
Modified
2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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"id": "CVE-2012-1601",
"lastModified": "2025-04-11T00:51:21.963",
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