Xen 4.0 and 4.1 allows local HVM guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (domain 0 VCPU hang and kernel panic) by modifying the physical address space in a way that triggers excessive shared page search time during the p2m teardown.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xen | Xen | 4.0.0 (including) | 4.0.0 (including) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.1.0 (including) | 4.1.0 (including) |
| Xen | Ubuntu | oneiric | * |
| Xen | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Xen | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-08/msg00855.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2531
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54942
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-08/msg00855.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2531
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54942