CVE-2012-4539

kernel: xen: Grant Table hypercall infinite loop can crash Xen

Published Nov 21, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Xen 4.0 through 4.2, when running 32-bit x86 PV guests on 64-bit hypervisors, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and hang or crash) via invalid arguments to GNTTABOP_get_status_frames, aka "Grant table hypercall infinite loop DoS vulnerability."

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2582-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4467 Xen 4.0 through 4.2, when running 32-bit x86 PV guests on 64-bit hypervisors, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and hang or crash) via invalid arguments to GNTTABOP_get_status_frames, aka "Grant table hypercall infinite loop DoS vulnerability."
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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 21, 2012, 11:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:45 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Nov 13, 2012, 12:00 AM