CVE-2012-0218

kernel: xen: guest denial of service on syscall/sysenter exception generation

Published Dec 3, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 1.9 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Xen 3.4, 4.0, and 4.1, when the guest OS has not registered a handler for a syscall or sysenter instruction, does not properly clear a flag for exception injection when injecting a General Protection Fault, which allows local PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by later triggering an exception that would normally be handled within Xen.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2501-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0254 Xen 3.4, 4.0, and 4.1, when the guest OS has not registered a handler for a syscall or sysenter instruction, does not properly clear a flag for exception injection when injecting a General Protection Fault, which allows local PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by later triggering an exception that would normally be handled within Xen.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
debian
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 6:16 PM
Reserved
Dec 14, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 3, 2012, 9:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:36 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 12, 2012, 12:00 AM