CVE-2013-0151 | BDVDB-2026-54858 Detail

Description#

The do_hvm_op function in xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c in Xen 4.2.x on the x86_32 platform does not prevent HVM_PARAM_NESTEDHVM (aka nested virtualization) operations, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (long-duration page mappings and host OS crash) by leveraging administrative access to an HVM guest in a domain with a large number of VCPUs.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d60d7082289a74e44b3dc8f67df46c3404ca08bf
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/22/10

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12013-03-07Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.