Vulnerability in Xen

CVE-2015-8340

The memory_exchange function in common/memory.c in Xen 3.2.x through 4.6.x does not properly release locks, which might allow guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (deadlock or host crash) via unspecified vectors, related to XENMEM_exchange error handling.

EPSS: 0.004 (30.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Xen — versions 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-17

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)