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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 (memo…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 3.9
Versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4

Weakness classification

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