CVE-2012-2119
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CVE-2012-2119
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.
Exploit probability
0.7%
Published
January 22, 2013
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
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04 / EVIDENCE
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CVE-2012-2119
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=814278
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b92946e2919134ebe2a4083e4302236295ea2a73
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=133455718001608&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/14
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b92946e2919134ebe2a4083e4302236295ea2a73
- https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4aae94d1c7b32316911c86176c0ed4f8ed62da73