{"id":"CVE-2012-2137","details":"Buffer overflow in virt/kvm/irq_comm.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI), irq routing entries, and an incorrect check by the setup_routing_entry function before invoking the kvm_set_irq function.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:42:18.326637Z","published":"2013-01-22T23:55:02Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1","SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f2ebd422f71cda9c791f76f85d2ca102ae34a1ed"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50952"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50961"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://ubuntu.5.n6.nabble.com/PATCH-Oneiric-CVE-2012-2137-KVM-Fix-buffer-overflow-in-kvm-set-irq-td4990566.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1607-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.24"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54063"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1594-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1606-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1609-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816151"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816151"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}