CVE-2014-3611
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
02 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
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
- 0.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 21.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. 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
- 2014-11-10 11:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-05-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8ad6661b296e14268d7e2855e6f86bdda1850472a598a42aa8e3225a741545ea
05 Affected products
06 References
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2491-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2418-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2417-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-3060http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144878
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0869http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0869.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2394-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0284http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20141024 kvm issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0126http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0126.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-39.66
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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