CVE-2015-7970

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.
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2015-10-30 08:59

Updated : 2017-06-30 18:29


NVD link : CVE-2015-7970

Mitre link : CVE-2015-7970


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CWE
CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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Products Affected

xen

  • xen