CVE - CVE-2015-4164

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-4164	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The compat_iret function in Xen 3.1 through 4.5 iterates the wrong way through a loop, which allows local 32-bit PV guest administrators to cause a denial of service (large loop and system hang) via a hypercall_iret call with EFLAGS.VM set.
References
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BID:75149 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75149 CONFIRM:http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201145 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-136.html DEBIAN:DSA-3286 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3286 GENTOO:GLSA-201604-03 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 SECTRACK:1032569 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032569 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2015:1042 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00004.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2015:1045 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00007.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2015:1156 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00029.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2015:1157 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00030.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2015:1206 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00014.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2015:1643 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00027.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20150602	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 (20150602)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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