Description
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.
Ubuntu-Description
A flaw in the handling of memory regions of the kernel virtual machine
(KVM) subsystem was discovered. A local user with the ability to assign a
device could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (memory
consumption).
Notes
jdstrand | attacker requires privileged access to the host hardware to exploit
per kernel team, too intrusive to backport |
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | not-affected
(3.11.0-12.19)
|
Patches:
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
|
This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
|
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
(trusty was ignored [was needed now end-of-life])
|
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
|
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
(trusty was ignored [was needed now end-of-life])
|
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
(trusty was ignored [see note])
|
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
|
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
|
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
|
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
|
Patches:
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
|
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
|
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
|
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
(trusty was ignored [see note])
|
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
(trusty was ignored [was needed now end-of-life])
|
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
(trusty was ignored [was needed now end-of-life])
|
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
|
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
|
Package
Upstream: | released
(3.9~rc1)
|
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr): | DNE
|
Updated: 2019-12-05 21:05:50 UTC (commit 0aa5e7c87c8b55d2ec5c7f4ca1179cf75de91961)