SUSE CVE-2013-1920

Xen 4.2.x, 4.1.x, and earlier, when the hypervisor is running "under memory pressure" and the Xen Security Module XSM is enabled, uses the wrong ordering of operations when extending the per-domain event channel tracking table, which causes a use-after-free and allows local guest kernels to injec...

Design/Logic Flaw

Xen 4.2.x, 4.1.x, and earlier, when the hypervisor is running "under memory pressure" and the Xen Security Module XSM is enabled, uses the wrong ordering of operations when extending the per-domain event channel tracking table, which causes a use-after-free and allows local guest kernels to injec...

Potential use of freed memory in event channel operations

ISSUE DESCRIPTION Wrong ordering of operations upon extending the per-domain event channel tracking table can cause a pointer to freed memory to be left in place, when the hypervisor is under memory pressure and XSM Xen Security Module is enabled. IMPACT Malicious guest kernels could inject...