CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-2119

5.2 MEDIUM Published 2013-01-22 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2013-01-22
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.2 MEDIUM — AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the macvtap device driver in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5, when running in certain configurations, allows privileged KVM guest users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long descriptor with a long vector length.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 3.4.4) • linux linux kernel 3.4 • linux linux kernel 3.4.1 • linux linux kernel 3.4.2 • linux linux kernel 3.4.3

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References