CVE-2012-4461 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the KVM subsystem of the Linux kernel prior to version 3.6.9. A local attacker can trigger a kernel OOPS by manipulating guest CR4 registers via specific KVM ioctls when qemu userspace is used without XSAVE. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 1.9, indicating a local attack vector with medium complexity and a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.6.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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