Description
Xen 3.4, 4.0, and 4.1, when the guest OS has not registered a handler for a syscall or sysenter instruction, does not properly clear a flag for exception injection when injecting a General Protection Fault, which allows local PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by later triggering an exception that would normally be handled within Xen.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 1.9/10
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-06/msg00003.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2501
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-06/msg00003.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2501
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 3, 2012
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified