Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 17, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-1179
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.
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Affected products
2Patches
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References
11- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.htmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/48404nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/48898nvd
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/7nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4a1d704194a441bf83c636004a479e01360ec850nvd
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