UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4592

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4592
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4592.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4592
Upstream
Related
  • USN-2066-1
  • USN-2067-1
  • USN-2111-1
  • USN-2112-1
  • USN-2114-1
  • USN-2115-1
  • USN-2116-1
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:56Z
Published
2013-11-20T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-01-30T01:32:51Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux@3.11.0-12.19?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.11.0-12.19

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Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4592.json"