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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:45:14.873Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-4592

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-11-20T13:19:42.243

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-4592

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-12-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-4592 - Bugzilla

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