CVE-2012-4538

kernel: xen: Unhooking empty PAE entries can crash Xen

Published Nov 24, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The HVMOP_pagetable_dying hypercall in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check the pagetable state when running on shadow pagetables, which allows a local HVM guest OS to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2582-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4466 The HVMOP_pagetable_dying hypercall in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check the pagetable state when running on shadow pagetables, which allows a local HVM guest OS to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:42 PM
Reserved
Aug 21, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 24, 2012, 8:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:45 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 13, 2012, 12:00 AM