CVE-2013-1920 | BDVDB-2026-55364 Detail
Description#
Xen 4.2.x, 4.1.x, and earlier, when the hypervisor is running "under memory pressure" and the Xen Security Module (XSM) is enabled, uses the wrong ordering of operations when extending the per-domain event channel tracking table, which causes a use-after-free and allows local guest kernels to inject arbitrary events and gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2013-04/msg00000.html
- http://osvdb.org/92050
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83226
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00049.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52857
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58880
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028388
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/04/7
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.