CVE catalog
CVE-2012-1601
UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1601
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.41% · Oct 25, 2026
The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3.6 allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by making a KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP ioctl call after a virtual CPU already exists. kernel: kvm: irqchip_in_kernel() and vcpu->arch.apic inconsistency This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise MRG as they did not provide support for the KVM subsystem. This has been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0571.html. This has been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via RHSA-2012:0676 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0676.html. The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-30 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-30+m68k.5 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-31 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-31~bpo50+1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-32 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-33 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-34 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-34squeeze1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-35 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-35squeeze1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-35squeeze2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-35~bpo50+1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-36 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-37 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-38 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-39 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-39squeeze1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-40 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-41 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-41squeeze2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-42 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-43 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-44 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | linux-2.6 | deb | 6.0 | 2.6.32-44 | Not reported | DSA-2469-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0571]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2015_0481-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-2469-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1601]
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