{
  "threat_severity" : "Important",
  "public_date" : "2012-06-05T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: kvm: buffer overflow in kvm_set_irq()",
    "id" : "816151",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816151"
  },
  "cvss" : {
    "cvss_base_score" : "6.9",
    "cvss_scoring_vector" : "AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "details" : [ "Buffer overflow in virt/kvm/irq_comm.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI), irq routing entries, and an incorrect check by the setup_routing_entry function before invoking the kvm_set_irq function." ],
  "statement" : "This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG. This issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via RHSA-2012:0743 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "release_date" : "2012-06-18T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2012:0743",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6",
    "package" : "kernel-0:2.6.32-220.23.1.el6"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "realtime-kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2137\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2137" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2012-2137",
  "csaw" : false
}