CVE-2016-5242

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5242
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5242.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5242
Related
Published
2016-06-07T14:06:17Z
Modified
2024-09-18T01:00:20Z
Severity
  • 5.6 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The p2m_teardown function in arch/arm/p2m.c in Xen 4.4.x through 4.6.x allows local guest OS users with access to the driver domain to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by creating concurrent domains and holding references to them, related to VMID exhaustion.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xen?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.8.0~rc3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xen?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.8.0~rc3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xen?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.8.0~rc3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}