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CVE Reference: CVE-2012-1179 |
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Original Page at CVE MITRE: CVE-2012-1179 |
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Description: 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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CVE Status: Candidate |
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References: ST 1027084 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA48404 Secunia Advisory: SA48898 REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/7 CONFIRM http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.1 |
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