CVE-2014-3611

NameCVE-2014-3611
DescriptionRace 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 crash) by leveraging incorrect PIT emulation.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3060-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.226-1fixed
bookworm6.1.115-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.119-1fixed
trixie6.12.5-1fixed
sid6.12.6-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy3.2.63-2+deb7u1DSA-3060-1
linuxsource(unstable)3.16.7-1
linux-2.6source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[squeeze] - linux-2.6 <no-dsa> (KVM not supported in Squeeze LTS)
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/virt/kvm/kvm.git/commit/?id=2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2

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