ghsa-3g2j-g4j4-88m6
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 02:38
Modified
2022-05-17 02:38
Details

The p2m_pod_emergency_sweep function in arch/x86/mm/p2m-pod.c in Xen 3.4.x, 3.5.x, and 3.6.x is not preemptible, which allows local x86 HVM guest administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and possibly reboot) via crafted memory contents that triggers a "time-consuming linear scan," related to Populate-on-Demand.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-7970"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2015-10-30T15:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The p2m_pod_emergency_sweep function in arch/x86/mm/p2m-pod.c in Xen 3.4.x, 3.5.x, and 3.6.x is not preemptible, which allows local x86 HVM guest administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and possibly reboot) via crafted memory contents that triggers a \"time-consuming linear scan,\" related to Populate-on-Demand.",
  "id": "GHSA-3g2j-g4j4-88m6",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T02:38:01Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T02:38:01Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7970"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171082.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171185.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171249.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77362"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034034"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-150.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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