CVE-2012-1179

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

6.5

MODERATE

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.358

Associated Vulnerability

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Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234