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    CVE-2014-3611

    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.

    Published:Oct 21, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Nov 10, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.00041
    CVSS Score:4.7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Virtualization

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0126.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0869.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144878
    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0126.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0869.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144878
    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High