CVE-2013-4592
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 42.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-11-19 15:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 16:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-06-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8eb72ba8c8046bd2e6757fc2b1548bb5eaec8fb858e421da49450f7a7a107284
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0247http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00045.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2115-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2115-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1031702
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2116-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2116-1
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e40f193f5bb022e927a57a4f5d5194e4f12ddb74
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2114-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2114-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:1645http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e40f193f5bb022e927a57a4f5d5194e4f12ddb74
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2112-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2112-1
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2066-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2066-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2111-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2111-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2067-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2067-1
- www.kernel.orghttps://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.9.bz2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20131118 CVE-2013-4592 -- Linux kernel: kvm: memory leak when memory slot is moved with assigned devicehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/18/3
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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