CVE - CVE-2015-7970

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-7970	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:77362 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77362 CONFIRM:http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-150.html DEBIAN:DSA-3414 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414 FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-242be2c240 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171249.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-6f6b79efe2 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171185.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-a931b02be2 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171082.html GENTOO:GLSA-201604-03 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 SECTRACK:1034034 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034034 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:2250 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20151023	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 (20151023)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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