CVE-2012-1601
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3.6 allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by making a KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP ioctl call after a virtual CPU already exists.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1615)
- Published
- May 17, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1615 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0571.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0676.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49928
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/30/1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026897
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808199
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9c895160d25a76c21b65bad141b08e8d4f99afef
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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