CVE-2014-3611

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 3.17.2 - Race Condition

Title source: rule

Description

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.

References (12)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0126.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0869.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144878

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 12.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-362

Status draft

Affected Products (5)

linux/linux_kernel < 3.17.2

redhat/enterprise_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Nov 10, 2014

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026