Vulnerability in Xen

CVE-2015-7813

Xen 4.4.x, 4.5.x, and 4.6.x does not limit the number of printk console messages when reporting unimplemented hypercalls, which allows local guests to cause a denial of service via a sequence of (1) HYPERVISOR_physdev_op hypercalls, which are not properly handled in the do_physdev_op function in arch/arm/physdev.c, or (2) HYPERVISOR_hvm_op hypercalls, which are not properly handled in the do_hvm_op function in arch/arm/hvm.c.

EPSS: 0.004 (31.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Xen — versions 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.5.0
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References