The (1) libxl_set_memory_target function in tools/libxl/libxl.c and (2) libxl__build_post function in tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c in Xen 3.4.x through 4.6.x do not properly calculate the balloon size when using the populate-on-demand (PoD) system, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors related to "heavy memory pressure."
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Configurations
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References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171082.html - | |
References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171185.html - | |
References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171249.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00063.html - | |
References | () http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404 - | |
References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414 - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77365 - | |
References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034036 - | |
References | () http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-153.html - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 - |
Information
Published : 2015-10-30 15:59
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:37
NVD link : CVE-2015-7972
Mitre link : CVE-2015-7972
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-7972
JSON object : View
Products Affected
xen
- xen
CWE
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors