Memory Leak in __kvm_set_memory_region Function in Linux Kernel

CVE-2013-4592 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:H/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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