The netback driver in Xen, when using certain Linux versions that do not allow sleeping in softirq context, allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service ("scheduling while atomic" error and host crash) via a malformed packet, which causes a mutex to be taken when trying to disable the interface.
References
Configurations
History
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References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/6 - | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/8 - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66386 - | |
References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029949 - | |
References | () http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-90.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory |
Information
Published : 2014-04-15 23:13
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:06
NVD link : CVE-2014-2580
Mitre link : CVE-2014-2580
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-2580
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Products Affected
xen
- xen
CWE
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors