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.
References
Configurations
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Information
Published : 2015-10-30 08:59
Updated : 2017-06-30 18:29
NVD link : CVE-2015-7970
Mitre link : CVE-2015-7970
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
Products Affected
xen
- xen