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    CVE-2013-4592

    Memory leak in the __kvm_set_memory_region function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging certain device access to trigger movement of memory slots.

    Published:Dec 10, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Nov 19, 2013
    EPSS Score:0.00043
    CVSS Score:4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e40f193f5bb022e927a57a4f5d5194e4f12ddb74https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e40f193f5bb022e927a57a4f5d5194e4f12ddb74

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e40f193f5bb022e927a57a4f5d5194e4f12ddb74
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00045.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/18/3
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2066-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2067-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2111-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2112-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2114-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2115-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2116-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1031702
    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8
    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e40f193f5bb022e927a57a4f5d5194e4f12ddb74
    https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.9.bz2
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e40f193f5bb022e927a57a4f5d5194e4f12ddb74
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00045.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/18/3
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2066-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2067-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2111-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2112-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2114-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2115-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2116-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1031702
    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8
    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e40f193f5bb022e927a57a4f5d5194e4f12ddb74
    https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.9.bz2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High