gsd-2012-1179
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:20
Details
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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Aliases
CVE-2012-1179


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      "lastModifiedDate": "2017-12-29T02:29Z",
      "publishedDate": "2012-05-17T11:00Z"
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}


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