| Name | CVE-2013-4592 |
| 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 device access to trigger movement of memory slots. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.218-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.221-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.94-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.99-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.9.10-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.9.11-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.53-1 | | | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 3.8-1 | | | |
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[squeeze] - linux-2.6 <no-dsa> (Too intrusive to backport, KVM server not supported in squeeze-lts)