Upstream information
Description
The create_pit_timer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c in KVM 83, and possibly other versions, does not properly handle when Programmable Interval Timer (PIT) interrupt requests (IRQs) when a virtual interrupt controller (irqchip) is not available, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by starting a timer.NVD CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Novell/SUSE information
Novell Bugzilla entry: 738210 SUSE Security Advisories:- SUSE-SU-2012:0616-1, published Mon, 14 May 2012 16:08:28 +0200 (CEST)
- SUSE-SU-2013:0786-1, published Tue, 14 May 2013 14:04:45 +0200 (CEST)
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6233 |
| SLE 11 SP1 DEBUGINFO |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6230 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6230 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6230 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6230 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6230 |
| SLE 11 SP1 DEBUGINFO |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6228 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6228 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6228 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6228 |
| SLE 11 SP1 DEBUGINFO |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6229 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6229 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6229 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6229 |
| SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6234 |
| SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6231 |
| SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6235 |
| SLE 11 SP1 DEBUGINFO |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6238 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6238 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6238 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6238 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 7695 |
| SLE 11 SP1 DEBUGINFO |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6227 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6227 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6227 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6227 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6227 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6227 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6227 |
| SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6232 |
