Buffer Overflow in Macvtap Device Driver in Linux Kernel

CVE-2012-2119 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:A/AC:M/AU:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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