When was CVE-2012-1601 disclosed?

CVE-2012-1601 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 17, 2012, with the most recent update on April 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2012-1601 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-1601 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 31.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2012-1601?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2012-1601, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2012-1601

NONENVD 0.0

0.0

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.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 31.6%
KEV: Not listed

References (22)

secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0571.html
secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0676.html
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/49928
secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469
secalert@redhathttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.6
secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/30/1
secalert@redhathttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026897
secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808199
secalert@redhathttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9c895160d25a76c21b65bad141b08e8d4f99afef
secalert@redhathttps://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0571.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0676.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/49928

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