VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-3611
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.
MEDIUM 4.7EPSS 0.29%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.29% probability · 22th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · redhat/enterprise linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- 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.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0869.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144878Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- 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.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0869.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144878Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.