The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3.4 does not properly manage the relationships between memory slots and the iommu, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory leak and host OS crash) by leveraging administrative access to the guest OS to conduct hotunplug and hotplug operations on devices.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2012-05-17T10:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T19:26:08.276Z
Reserved: 2012-04-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2012-2121
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2012-05-17T11:00:38.210
Modified: 2024-11-21T01:38:32.440
Link: CVE-2012-2121
Redhat