CVE-2015-7970
Published: 30 October 2015
The p2m_pod_emergency_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.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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xen Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
xenial |
Released
(4.5.1-0ubuntu2)
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
precise |
Released
(4.1.6.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.7)
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was released [4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.3])
|
|
vivid |
Released
(4.5.0-1ubuntu4.3)
|
|
wily |
Released
(4.5.1-0ubuntu1.1)
|
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Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community. |