Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Nov 10, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2014-3611
CVE-2014-3611
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.
Affected products
5- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
11- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0126.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0869.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1nvdThird Party Advisory
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