SUSE CVE-2015-7970

The p2mpodemergencysweep 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,"...

Xen Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2015-07243)

Xen is an open source virtual machine monitor product developed at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. A security vulnerability exists in the 'p2mpodemergencysweep' function in Xen's arch/x86/mm/p2m-pod.c file. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of...