CVE-2014-3611 — Race Condition in Linux

CWE-362 — Race Condition17 documents8 sources
Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
OSV6.9
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Linux KernelDebian LinuxCanonical Ubuntu Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 10
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Race 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 3.16.7-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 3.13.0-39.66
▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel3.17.2
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 3.16.7-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, Ubuntu Linux 10.04, 12.04, Enterprise Linux 5.0

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
GHSA-fjrx-4j65-6mrx: Race condition in the __kvm_migrate_pit_timer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2014-3611: Race condition in the __kvm_migrate_pit_timer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254↗2014-11-10
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OSV
linux vulnerabilities↗2014-10-30
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OSV
CVE-2014-3611: Race condition in the __kvm_migrate_pit_timer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254↗2014-10-23
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Kernel
KVM: x86: Improve thread safety in pit↗2014-08-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

9
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities↗2015-02-04
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2015-01-13
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2014-11-25
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities↗2014-11-25
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2014-10-31
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-3611 kernel: kvm: PIT timer race condition [fedora-all]↗2014-10-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-3611 kernel: kvm: PIT timer race condition↗2014-09-21
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