SUSE CVE-2014-3125

Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system, does not properly context switch the CNTKCTLEL1 register, which allows local guest users to modify the hardware timers and cause a denial of service crash via unspecified vectors...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3125

Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system, does not properly context switch the CNTKCTLEL1 register, which allows local guest users to modify the hardware timers and cause a denial of service crash via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2014-3125

CVE-2014-3125 concerns Xen 4.4.x on ARM where CNTKCTL_EL1 register is not properly context switched. This allows a local guest to modify hardware timers and, per the XSA-91 advisory, may enable a guest kernel to reconfigure timer interrupts for the entire system, potentially causing a denial of s...

CVE-2014-3125

Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system, does not properly context switch the CNTKCTLEL1 register, which allows local guest users to modify the hardware timers and cause a denial of service crash via unspecified vectors...

Hardware timer context is not properly context switched on ARM

ISSUE DESCRIPTION When running on an ARM platform Xen was not context switching the CNTKCTLEL1 register, which is used by the guest kernel to control access by userspace processes to the hardware timers. This meant that any guest can reconfigure these settings for the entire system. IMPACT A...