kernel: Integer overflow in the alarm_timer_nsleep function

A flaw was found in the alarmtimernsleep function in kernel/time/alarmtimer.c in the Linux kernel. The ktimeaddsafe function is not used and an integer overflow can happen causing an alarm not to fire or possibly a denial-of-service if using a large relative timeout...

kernel: Integer overflow in the alarm_timer_nsleep function

A flaw was found in the alarmtimernsleep function in kernel/time/alarmtimer.c in the Linux kernel. The ktimeaddsafe function is not used and an integer overflow can happen causing an alarm not to fire or possibly a denial-of-service if using a large relative timeout...

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4527

Buffer overflow in hw/timer/hpet.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the number of timers...

openSUSE Security Update : XEN (openSUSE-SU-2012:1572-1)

This security update of XEN fixes various bugs and security issues. - Upstream patch 26088-xend-xml-filesize-check.patch - bnc787163 - CVE-2012-4544: xen: Domain builder Out-of- memory due to malicious kernel/ramdisk XSA 25 CVE-2012-4544-xsa25.patch - bnc779212 - CVE-2012-4411: XEN / qemu: guest...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2582-1 (xen - several vulnerabilities)

Multiple denial of service vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen Hypervisor. One of the issue CVE-2012-5513 could even lead to privilege escalation from guest to host. Some of the recently published Xen Security Advisories XSA 25 and 28 are not fixed by this update and should be fixed i...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Xen (SAT Patch Number 7018)

XEN was updated to fix various bugs and security issues : The following security issues have been fixed : - xen: Domain builder Out-of-memory due to malicious kernel/ramdisk XSA 25. CVE-2012-4544 - XEN / qemu: guest administrator can access qemu monitor console XSA-19. CVE-2012-4411 - xen: Timer...

DSA-2582-1 xen - denial of service

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kernel: xen: VCPU timer overflow leads to PCPU deadlock and host death-by-watchdog

Xen 3.4 through 4.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service Xen infinite loop and physical CPU consumption by setting a VCPU with an "inappropriate deadline."...

XEN: security and bugfix update (important)

This security update of XEN fixes various bugs and security issues. - Upstream patch 26088-xend-xml-filesize-check.patch - bnc787163 - CVE-2012-4544: xen: Domain builder Out-of- memory due to malicious kernel/ramdisk XSA 25 CVE-2012-4544-xsa25.patch - bnc779212 - CVE-2012-4411: XEN / qemu: guest...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Xen (ZYPP Patch Number 8359)

XEN received various security and bugfixes : - xen: Timer overflow DoS vulnerability XSA-20. CVE-2012-4535 - xen: Memory mapping failure DoS vulnerability XSA-22 The following additional bugs have beenfixed:. CVE-2012-4537 - L3: Xen BUG at ioapic.c:129 26102-x86-IOAPIC-legacy-not-first.patch...

Timer overflow DoS vulnerability

ISSUE DESCRIPTION A guest which sets a VCPU with an inappropriate deadline can cause an infinite loop in Xen, blocking the affected physical CPU indefinitely. IMPACT A malicious guest administrator can trigger the bug. If the Xen watchdog is enabled, the whole system will crash. Otherwise the gue...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0275 Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages...