CVE-2014-9065 | BDVDB-2026-66610 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-114.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71544
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/08/4
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.