CVE-2015-7970

Severity

49%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

115%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

Xen

First reported 9 years ago

2015-10-30 15:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-01 01:29:00

Affected Software

Xen 3.4.0

3.4.0

Xen 3.4.1

3.4.1

Xen 3.4.2

3.4.2

Xen 3.4.3

3.4.3

Xen 3.4.4

3.4.4

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