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CVE-2012-1179 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803793	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48404	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898	CVE
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4a1d704194a441bf83c636004a479e01360ec850	CVE
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.1	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/7	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027084	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803793	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48404	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898	[email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4a1d704194a441bf83c636004a479e01360ec850	[email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.1	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/7	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027084	[email protected]

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	<= 3.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::rc7::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 6, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 23, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 17, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]