CVE-2014-2580

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:06

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/6 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/6 -
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/8 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/8 -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66386 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66386 -
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029949 - () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029949 -
References () http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-90.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory () 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