CVE-2015-8338 | BDVDB-2026-73401 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78920
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-158.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034390
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3633

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12015-12-17Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.