CVE-2013-4592

Severity

40%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

115%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

Linux Kernel

First reported 11 years ago

2013-11-20 13:19:00

Last updated 10 years ago

2014-03-06 04:47:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 3.0 release candidate 1

3.0

Linux Kernel 3.0 release candidate 2

3.0

Linux Kernel 3.0 release candidate 3

3.0

Linux Kernel 3.0 release candidate 4

3.0

Linux Kernel 3.0 release candidate 5

3.0

Linux Kernel 3.0 release candidate 6

3.0

Linux Kernel 3.0 release candidate 7

3.0

Linux Kernel 3.0.1

3.0.1

Linux Kernel 3.0.2

3.0.2

Linux Kernel 3.0.3

3.0.3

Linux Kernel 3.0.4

3.0.4

Linux Kernel 3.0.5

3.0.5

Linux Kernel 3.0.6

3.0.6

Linux Kernel 3.0.7

3.0.7

Linux Kernel 3.0.8

3.0.8

Linux Kernel 3.0.9

3.0.9

Linux Kernel 3.0.10

3.0.10

Linux Kernel 3.0.11

3.0.11

Linux Kernel 3.0.12

3.0.12

Linux Kernel 3.0.13

3.0.13

Linux Kernel 3.0.14

3.0.14

Linux Kernel 3.0.15

3.0.15

Linux Kernel 3.0.16

3.0.16

Linux Kernel 3.0.17

3.0.17

Linux Kernel 3.0.18

3.0.18

Linux Kernel 3.0.19

3.0.19

Linux Kernel 3.0.20

3.0.20

Linux Kernel 3.0.21

3.0.21

Linux Kernel 3.0.22

3.0.22

Linux Kernel 3.0.23

3.0.23

Linux Kernel 3.0.24

3.0.24

Linux Kernel 3.0.25

3.0.25

Linux Kernel 3.0.26

3.0.26

Linux Kernel 3.0.27

3.0.27

Linux Kernel 3.0.28

3.0.28

Linux Kernel 3.0.29

3.0.29

Linux Kernel 3.0.30

3.0.30

Linux Kernel 3.0.31

3.0.31

Linux Kernel 3.0.32

3.0.32

Linux Kernel 3.0.33

3.0.33

Linux Kernel 3.0.34

3.0.34

Linux Kernel 3.0.35

3.0.35

Linux Kernel 3.0.36

3.0.36

Linux Kernel 3.0.37

3.0.37

Linux Kernel 3.0.38

3.0.38

Linux Kernel 3.0.39

3.0.39

Linux Kernel 3.0.40

3.0.40

Linux Kernel 3.0.41

3.0.41

Linux Kernel 3.0.42

3.0.42

Linux Kernel 3.0.43

3.0.43

Linux Kernel 3.0.44

3.0.44

Linux Kernel 3.0.45

3.0.45

Linux Kernel 3.0.46

3.0.46

Linux Kernel 3.0.47

3.0.47

Linux Kernel 3.0.48

3.0.48

Linux Kernel 3.0.49

3.0.49

Linux Kernel 3.0.50

3.0.50

Linux Kernel 3.0.51

3.0.51

Linux Kernel 3.0.52

3.0.52

Linux Kernel 3.0.53

3.0.53

Linux Kernel 3.0.54

3.0.54

Linux Kernel 3.0.55

3.0.55

Linux Kernel 3.0.56

3.0.56

Linux Kernel 3.0.57

3.0.57

Linux Kernel 3.0.58

3.0.58

Linux Kernel 3.0.59

3.0.59

Linux Kernel 3.0.60

3.0.60

Linux Kernel 3.0.61

3.0.61

Linux Kernel 3.0.62

3.0.62

Linux Kernel 3.0.63

3.0.63

Linux Kernel 3.0.64

3.0.64

Linux Kernel 3.0.65

3.0.65

Linux Kernel 3.0.66

3.0.66

Linux Kernel 3.0.67

3.0.67

Linux Kernel 3.0.68

3.0.68

Linux Kernel 3.1

3.1

Linux Kernel 3.1 release candidate 1

3.1

Linux Kernel 3.1 release candidate 2

3.1

Linux Kernel 3.1 release candidate 3

3.1

Linux Kernel 3.1 release candidate 4

3.1

Linux Kernel 3.1.1

3.1.1

Linux Kernel 3.1.2

3.1.2

Linux Kernel 3.1.3

3.1.3

Linux Kernel 3.1.4

3.1.4

Linux Kernel 3.1.5

3.1.5

Linux Kernel 3.1.6

3.1.6

Linux Kernel 3.1.7

3.1.7

Linux Kernel 3.1.8

3.1.8

Linux Kernel 3.1.9

3.1.9

Linux Kernel 3.1.10

3.1.10

Linux Kernel 3.2

3.2

Linux Kernel 3.2 release candidate 2

3.2

Linux Kernel 3.2 release candidate 3

3.2

Linux Kernel 3.2 release candidate 4

3.2

Linux Kernel 3.2 release candidate 5

3.2

Linux Kernel 3.2 release candidate 6

3.2

Linux Kernel 3.2 release candidate 7

3.2

Linux Kernel 3.2.1

3.2.1

Linux Kernel 3.2.2

3.2.2

Linux Kernel 3.2.3

3.2.3

Linux Kernel 3.2.4

3.2.4

Linux Kernel 3.2.5

3.2.5

Linux Kernel 3.2.6

3.2.6

Linux Kernel 3.2.7

3.2.7

Linux Kernel 3.2.8

3.2.8

Linux Kernel 3.2.9

3.2.9

Linux Kernel 3.2.10

3.2.10

Linux Kernel 3.2.11

3.2.11

Linux Kernel 3.2.12

3.2.12

Linux Kernel 3.2.13

3.2.13

Linux Kernel 3.2.14

3.2.14

Linux Kernel 3.2.15

3.2.15

Linux Kernel 3.2.16

3.2.16

Linux Kernel 3.2.17

3.2.17

Linux Kernel 3.2.18

3.2.18

Linux Kernel 3.2.19

3.2.19

Linux Kernel 3.2.20

3.2.20

Linux Kernel 3.2.21

3.2.21

Linux Kernel 3.2.22

3.2.22

Linux Kernel 3.2.23

3.2.23

Linux Kernel 3.2.24

3.2.24

Linux Kernel 3.2.25

3.2.25

Linux Kernel 3.2.26

3.2.26

Linux Kernel 3.2.27

3.2.27

Linux Kernel 3.2.28

3.2.28

Linux Kernel 3.2.29

3.2.29

Linux Kernel 3.2.30

3.2.30

Linux Kernel 3.3

3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3 release candidate 1

3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3 release candidate 2

3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3 release candidate 3

3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3 release candidate 4

3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3 release candidate 5

3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3 release candidate 6

3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3 release candidate 7

3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3.1

3.3.1

Linux Kernel 3.3.2

3.3.2

Linux Kernel 3.3.3

3.3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3.4

3.3.4

Linux Kernel 3.3.5

3.3.5

Linux Kernel 3.3.6

3.3.6

Linux Kernel 3.3.7

3.3.7

Linux Kernel 3.3.8

3.3.8

Linux Kernel 3.4

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 1

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 2

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 3

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 4

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 5

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 6

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 7

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4.1

3.4.1

Linux Kernel 3.4.2

3.4.2

Linux Kernel 3.4.3

3.4.3

Linux Kernel 3.4.4

3.4.4

Linux Kernel 3.4.5

3.4.5

Linux Kernel 3.4.6

3.4.6

Linux Kernel 3.4.7

3.4.7

Linux Kernel 3.4.8

3.4.8

Linux Kernel 3.4.9

3.4.9

Linux Kernel 3.4.10

3.4.10

Linux Kernel 3.4.11

3.4.11

Linux Kernel 3.4.12

3.4.12

Linux Kernel 3.4.13

3.4.13

Linux Kernel 3.4.14

3.4.14

Linux Kernel 3.4.15

3.4.15

Linux Kernel 3.4.16

3.4.16

Linux Kernel 3.4.17

3.4.17

Linux Kernel 3.4.18

3.4.18

Linux Kernel 3.4.19

3.4.19

Linux Kernel 3.4.20

3.4.20

Linux Kernel 3.4.21

3.4.21

Linux Kernel 3.4.22

3.4.22

Linux Kernel 3.4.23

3.4.23

Linux Kernel 3.4.24

3.4.24

Linux Kernel 3.4.25

3.4.25

Linux Kernel 3.4.26

3.4.26

Linux Kernel 3.4.27

3.4.27

Linux Kernel 3.4.28

3.4.28

Linux Kernel 3.4.29

3.4.29

Linux Kernel 3.4.30

3.4.30

Linux Kernel 3.4.31

3.4.31

Linux Kernel 3.4.32

3.4.32

Linux Kernel 3.5.1

3.5.1

Linux Kernel 3.5.2

3.5.2

Linux Kernel 3.5.3

3.5.3

Linux Kernel 3.5.4

3.5.4

Linux Kernel 3.5.5

3.5.5

Linux Kernel 3.5.6

3.5.6

Linux Kernel 3.5.7

3.5.7

Linux Kernel 3.6

3.6

Linux Kernel 3.6.1

3.6.1

Linux Kernel 3.6.2

3.6.2

Linux Kernel 3.6.3

3.6.3

Linux Kernel 3.6.4

3.6.4

Linux Kernel 3.6.5

3.6.5

Linux Kernel 3.6.6

3.6.6

Linux Kernel 3.6.7

3.6.7

Linux Kernel 3.6.8

3.6.8

Linux Kernel 3.6.9

3.6.9

Linux Kernel 3.6.10

3.6.10

Linux Kernel 3.6.11

3.6.11

Linux Kernel 3.7

3.7

Linux Kernel 3.7.1

3.7.1

Linux Kernel 3.7.2

3.7.2

Linux Kernel 3.7.3

3.7.3

Linux Kernel 3.7.4

3.7.4

Linux Kernel 3.7.5

3.7.5

Linux Kernel 3.7.6

3.7.6

Linux Kernel 3.7.7

3.7.7

Linux Kernel 3.7.8

3.7.8

Linux Kernel 3.7.9

3.7.9

Linux Kernel 3.7.10

3.7.10

Linux Kernel 3.8.0

3.8.0

Linux Kernel 3.8.1

3.8.1

Linux Kernel 3.8.2

3.8.2

Linux Kernel 3.8.3

3.8.3

Linux Kernel 3.8.4

3.8.4

Linux Kernel 3.8.5

3.8.5

Linux Kernel 3.8.6

3.8.6

Linux Kernel 3.8.7

3.8.7

Linux Kernel 3.8.8

3.8.8

Linux Kernel 3.8.9

3.8.9

Linux Kernel 3.8.10

3.8.10

Linux Kernel 3.8.11

3.8.11

Linux Kernel 3.8.12

3.8.12

Linux Kernel 3.8.13

3.8.13

Linux Kernel 3.9 release candidate 1

3.9

Linux Kernel 3.9 release candidate 2

3.9

Linux Kernel 3.9 release candidate 3

3.9

Linux Kernel 3.9 release candidate 4

3.9

Linux Kernel 3.9 release candidate 5

3.9

Linux Kernel 3.9 release candidate 6

3.9

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8

Exploit, Patch

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e40f193f5bb022e927a57a4f5d5194e4f12ddb74

Exploit, Patch

openSUSE-SU-2014:0247

RHSA-2013:1645

[oss-security] 20131118 CVE-2013-4592 -- Linux kernel: kvm: memory leak when memory slot is moved with assigned device

USN-2066-1

USN-2067-1

USN-2111-1

USN-2112-1

USN-2114-1

USN-2115-1

USN-2116-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1031702

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8

Exploit, Patch

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e40f193f5bb022e927a57a4f5d5194e4f12ddb74

Exploit, Patch

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.9.bz2

Patch

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