FKIE_CVE-2013-0151

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-03-07 05:04 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:48
Severity
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/22/10
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/55082
secalert@redhat.comhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
secalert@redhat.comhttp://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d60d7082289a74e44b3dc8f67df46c3404ca08bf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/22/10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d60d7082289a74e44b3dc8f67df46c3404ca08bf
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xen xen 4.2.0
xen xen 4.2.1
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