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.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48404
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/7
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027084
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803793
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4a1d704194a441bf83c636004a479e01360ec850
OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 3.3 (inclusive)
ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
---|---|---|---|---|
79484 | OracleVM 3.1 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2012-0042) | Nessus | OracleVM Local Security Checks | high |
68676 | Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2012-2021) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | high |
68675 | Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2012-2020) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | high |
68544 | Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2012-0743) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | high |
64044 | RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2012:1042) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | high |
61331 | Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120618) | Nessus | Scientific Linux Local Security Checks | high |
59609 | CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2012:0743) | Nessus | CentOS Local Security Checks | high |
59562 | RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2012:0743) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | high |
58947 | Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-oneiric vulnerabilities (USN-1433-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | critical |
58946 | Ubuntu 11.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1431-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | critical |
58845 | SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 6163 / 6164 / 6172) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
58488 | Fedora 15 : kernel-2.6.42.12-1.fc15 (2012-3715) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | critical |
58376 | Fedora 16 : kernel-3.2.10-3.fc16 (2012-3712) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | critical |