Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2012-1601

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3.6 allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by making a KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP ioctl call after a virtual CPU already exists.

EPSS: 0.004 (33.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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