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CVE-2012-4461 Details

Description

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when running on hosts that use qemu userspace without XSAVE, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by using the KVM_SET_SREGS ioctl to set the X86_CR4_OSXSAVE bit in the guest cr4 register, then calling the KVM_RUN ioctl.

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://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/100742	CVE
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d1068b3a98519247d8ba4ec85cd40ac136dbdf9	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0223.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0882.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862900	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/51160	CVE
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html	CVE
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.6.9	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/06/14	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56414	CVE
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/100742	[email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d1068b3a98519247d8ba4ec85cd40ac136dbdf9	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0223.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0882.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862900	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/51160	[email protected]
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html	[email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.6.9	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/06/14	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56414	[email protected]

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	<= 3.6.8 3.6 3.6.1 3.6.2 3.6.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

linux linux kernel

<= 3.6.8

3.6

3.6.1

3.6.2

3.6.3

CPE

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 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]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 23, 2013	Initial Analysis	[email protected]