CVE-2012-6031
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6031
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-6031.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-6031
- Downstream
- Published
- 2012-11-23T20:55:04Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:29Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The dotmemget function in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 allow local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (CPU hang and host crash) via unspecified vectors related to a spinlock being held in the "bad_copy error path." NOTE: this issue was originally published as part of CVE-2012-3497, which was too general; CVE-2012-3497 has been SPLIT into this ID and others.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/50472
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html
- http://osvdb.org/85199
- http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-15_multiple_TMEM_hypercall_vulnerabilities
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55410
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027482
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78268