CVE-2014-3611

medium

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.

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144878

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0869.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0126.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2014-3576

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-11-10

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H