Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2012-1179

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.

EPSS: 0.006 (45.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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