CVE-2014-8369
kernel: kvm: excessive pages un-pinning in kvm_iommu_map error path
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · October 24, 2014
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
It was found that the fix for CVE-2014-3601 was incomplete: the Linux kernel's kvm_iommu_map_pages() function still handled IOMMU mapping failures incorrectly. A privileged user in a guest with an assigned host device could use this flaw to crash the host.
Statement
This issue did not affect the Linux kernel versions as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2. Future Linux kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 may address this issue.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.3AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
CWE not specified