The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3.4 does not properly manage the relationships between memory slots and the iommu, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory leak and host OS crash) by leveraging administrative access to the guest OS to conduct hotunplug and hotplug operations on devices.
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Published : 2012-05-17 04:00
Updated : 2018-01-04 18:29
NVD link : CVE-2012-2121
Mitre link : CVE-2012-2121
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CWE
CWE-264
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel