CVE-2012-3433

Publication date 9 August 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Description

Xen 4.0 and 4.1 allows local HVM guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (domain 0 VCPU hang and kernel panic) by modifying the physical address space in a way that triggers excessive shared page search time during the p2m teardown.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xen 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 4.1.2-2ubuntu2.4
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 4.1.1-2ubuntu4.4
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
xen-3.1 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
xen-3.2 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
xen-3.3 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

tyhicks

only affects Xen 4.0 and 4.1

mdeslaur

This is XSA-11

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