CVE-2014-9065

common/spinlock.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability to CVE-2014-9066...

CVE-2014-9065

CVE-2014-9065 affects Xen 4.4.x and earlier. The issue lies in common/spinlock.c where read/write lock handling is incomplete, enabling local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) by issuing a large number of read requests. Connected do...