CVE-2014-3611
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.7 · CWE-362
4.7CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Race condition in the __kvm_migrate_pit_timer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging incorrect PIT emulation.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0126.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0869.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1Advisory