Description
common/spinlock.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability to CVE-2014-9066.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.4/10
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 9, 2014
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified