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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cve-icon 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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-05-17T11:00:38.210

Modified: 2018-01-05T02:29:32.100

Link: CVE-2012-2121

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-03-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-2121 - Bugzilla