The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via…

Description

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a VAPIC synchronization operation involving a page-end address.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.61% · top 50% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (20)

• USN-2135-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:0247 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-2138-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fda4e2e85589191b123d31cdc21fd33ee70f50fd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2113-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2141-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20131212 Re: [vs-plain] kvm issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 64291 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fda4e2e85589191b123d31cdc21fd33ee70f50fd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2136-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2139-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2134-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2117-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:1801 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-2133-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032210 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0284 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0163 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:0204 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:0205 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 17:39 UTC.