CVE-2015-7970
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7970
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-7970.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-7970
- Related
- Published
- 2015-10-30T15:59:06Z
- Modified
- 2024-09-18T01:00:21Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The p2mpodemergency_sweep 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," related to Populate-on-Demand.
- References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-150.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171082.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171185.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171249.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77362
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034034
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7970
Affected packages
Debian:11 / xen
Package
- Name
- xen
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/xen?arch=source
Debian:12 / xen
Package
- Name
- xen
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/xen?arch=source
Debian:13 / xen
Package
- Name
- xen
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/xen?arch=source