Memory leak in the __kvm_set_memory_region function in...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 17, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Feb 10, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Nov 20, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 17, 2022
Last updated
Feb 10, 2023
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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