CVE-2014-8594

kernel: xen: Insufficient restrictions on certain MMU update hypercalls (xsa109)

Published Nov 19, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.4 Medium EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
The do_mmu_update function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.x through 4.4.x does not properly restrict updates to only PV page tables, which allows remote PV guests to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by leveraging hardware emulation services for HVM guests using Hardware Assisted Paging (HAP).

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3140-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-8431 The do_mmu_update function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.x through 4.4.x does not properly restrict updates to only PV page tables, which allows remote PV guests to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by leveraging hardware emulation services for HVM guests using Hardware Assisted Paging (HAP).
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:25 PM
Reserved
Nov 4, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 19, 2014, 6:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:16 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Nov 18, 2014, 12:00 AM