CVE-2012-4461

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 22 Jan 2013, 23:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 20:35

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
8/100
CVSS Score
1.9 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.08% LOW
0% probability -0.04%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

22 Jan 2013, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 20:35
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when running on hosts that use qemu userspace without XSAVE, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by using the KVM_SET_SREGS ioctl to set the X86_CR4_OSXSAVE bit in the guest cr4 register, then calling the KVM_RUN ioctl.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 1.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.08%• Percentile: 24%

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 3.6.8 | 3.6 | 3.6.1 | 3.6.2 | 3.6.3 | 3.6.4 | 3.6.5 | 3.6.6 | 3.6.7

References (11)