CVE-2015-7970 (GCVE-0-2015-7970)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-10-30 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:06
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The p2m_pod_emergency_sweep function in arch/x86/mm/p2m-pod.c in Xen 3.4.x, 3.5.x, and 3.6.x is not preemptible, which allows local x86 HVM guest administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and possibly reboot) via crafted memory contents that triggers a "time-consuming linear scan," related to Populate-on-Demand.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
10 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77362 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-1… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034034 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-150.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
Date Public
2015-10-29 00:00
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