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CVE-2013-6885

Published: 29 November 2013

The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
This is XSA-82
Xen 3.3 and later are affected

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
xen
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Does not exist

precise
Released (4.1.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.2)
quantal
Released (4.1.5-0ubuntu0.12.10.2)
raring
Released (4.2.2-0ubuntu0.13.04.3)
saucy
Released (4.3.0-1ubuntu1.2)
upstream Needs triage

Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.
xen-3.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise Does not exist

quantal Does not exist

raring Does not exist

saucy Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(end of life)
Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.