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CVE-2013-4592 json

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 den…

published 2013-11-19 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2013-4449

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4592

  • kernel RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6
  • perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6
  • python-perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6
  • kernel-firmware RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6
  • kernel-bootwrapper RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6
  • kernel-abi-whitelists RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1645

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-4592 updated cvss 4.0

kernel: kvm: memory leak when memory slot is moved with assigned device

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-bootwrapper 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-431.el6, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.el6
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1645
  • Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e40f193f5bb022e927a57a4f5d5194e4f12ddb74 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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