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CVE-2012-1179 REJECTED

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. A privileged user in the KVM guest can use this flaw to crash the host. An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to crash the system.

EPSS 0.36% · 57.8th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.36%
57.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-manta0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-aws0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-xenial0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-aws0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-snapdragon0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-flo0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-goldfish3.4.0-4.26, 3.4.0-4.24, 0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-mako0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-utopic0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-gke0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-flo0, 3.4.0-5.19
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-hwe0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-mako3.4.0-7.39, 0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-goldfish0, 3.4.0-1.7
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-vivid0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-wily0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-raspi20

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