CVE - CVE-2013-4553

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-4553	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not always obtain the page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host deadlock).
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20131126 Xen Security Advisory 74 (CVE-2013-4553) - Lock order reversal between page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/26/8 DEBIAN:DSA-3006 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006 GENTOO:GLSA-201407-03 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2013:1876 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2014:0372 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2014:0446 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
Assigning CNA
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Date Entry Created
20130612	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20130612)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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