CVE-2012-2934

kernel: denial of service due to AMD Erratum #121

Published Dec 3, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 1.9 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Xen 4.0, and 4.1, when running a 64-bit PV guest on "older" AMD CPUs, does not properly protect against a certain AMD processor bug, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host hang) via sequential execution of instructions across a non-canonical boundary, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0217.

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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2501-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-2913 Xen 4.0, and 4.1, when running a 64-bit PV guest on "older" AMD CPUs, does not properly protect against a certain AMD processor bug, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host hang) via sequential execution of instructions across a non-canonical boundary, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0217.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 7:50 PM
Reserved
May 24, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 3, 2012, 9:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:42 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 12, 2012, 12:00 AM