CVE-2013-4356

Kernel: Xen: Xsa-64: memory leak by 64bit PV guests under live migration

Published Oct 9, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Xen 4.3.x writes hypervisor mappings to certain shadow pagetables when live migration is performed on hosts with more than 5TB of RAM, which allows local 64-bit PV guests to read or write to invalid memory and cause a denial of service (crash).

Remediation

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-4240 Xen 4.3.x writes hypervisor mappings to certain shadow pagetables when live migration is performed on hosts with more than 5TB of RAM, which allows local 64-bit PV guests to read or write to invalid memory and cause a denial of service (crash).
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 4:38 PM
Reserved
Jun 12, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 9, 2013, 10:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:57 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 30, 2013, 12:00 AM