CVE-2015-7970
7.9 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.1%
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
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171082.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171185.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171249.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html
support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414
www.securityfocus.com/bid/77362
www.securitytracker.com/id/1034034
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-150.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
Related
7.9 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.1%