UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2137

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2137

    Published: 18 Jun 2012Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-2137
    Aliases:
    USN-1514-1
    USN-1529-1
    USN-1594-1

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in virt/kvm/irq_comm.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI), irq routing entries, and an incorrect check by the setup_routing_entry function before invoking the kvm_set_irq function.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2137, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1529-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1514-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1594-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1606-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1607-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1609-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2137

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.0-12.19

    Affected versions

    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