VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-1179
CVSS score5.2 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.60%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-05-17
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Description
The Linux kernel before 3.3.1, when KVM is used, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging administrative access to the guest OS, related to the pmd_none_or_clear_bad function and page faults for huge pages.