CVE-2014-3611

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Publication date:

10/11/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Race condition in the __kvm_migrate_pit_timer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging incorrect PIT emulation.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.70 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

4.70

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.70 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

4.70

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		3.17.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::-:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*

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CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		3.17.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::-:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*

CVE-2014-3611

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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