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CVE-2011-4347

Public on 2012-03-16
Modified on 2014-09-14
Description

The kvm_vm_ioctl_assign_device function in virt/kvm/assigned-dev.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1.10 does not verify permission to access PCI configuration space and BAR resources, which allows host OS users to assign PCI devices and cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a KVM_ASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE operation.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2012-03-16 10:53 ALAS-2012-55

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.0 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 4.0 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C