CVE-2014-8594 | BDVDB-2026-66284 Detail
Description#
The do_mmu_update function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.x through 4.4.x does not properly restrict updates to only PV page tables, which allows remote PV guests to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by leveraging hardware emulation services for HVM guests using Hardware Assisted Paging (HAP).
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62672
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-109.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71149
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98767
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.