CVE - CVE-2014-9066

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-9066	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Xen 4.4.x and earlier, when using a large number of VCPUs, 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 than CVE-2014-9065.
References
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BID:71546 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71546 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-114.html GENTOO:GLSA-201504-04 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 MLIST:[oss-security] 20141208 Xen Security Advisory 114 (CVE-2014-9065,CVE-2014-9066) - p2m lock starvation URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/08/4 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:0226 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:0256 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20141124	Disclaimer: The record 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 (20141124)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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