CVE-2015-8339

Publication date 17 December 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

The memory_exchange function in common/memory.c in Xen 3.2.x through 4.6.x does not properly hand back pages to a domain, which might allow guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) via unspecified vectors related to domain teardown.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
xen	15.10 wily	Fixed 4.5.1-0ubuntu1.2
	15.04 vivid	Fixed 4.5.0-1ubuntu4.4
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 4.1.6.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.8

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Patch details

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
xen	Upstream: http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa159.patch

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-159.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8339