CVE-2015-8338
Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly enforce limits on page order inputs for the (1) XENMEM_increase_reservation, (2) XENMEM_populate_physmap, (3) XENMEM_exchange, and possibly other HYPERVISOR_memory_op suboperations, which allows ARM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption, guest reboot, or watchdog timeout and host reboot) and possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 7.2 High
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2015-12-17
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-254
Affected products
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3633
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78920
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034390
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-158.html
