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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…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 3.17.2
RedhatEnterprise Linux
Version 5.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 10.04, 12.04
DebianDebian Linux
Version 7.0

Weakness classification

CWE-362

References