CVE-2015-0268

xen: GICD_SGIR is not properly emulated on ARM architecture (XSA-117)

Published Feb 16, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The vgic_v2_to_sgi function in arch/arm/vgic-v2.c in Xen 4.5.x, when running on ARM hardware with general interrupt controller (GIC) version 2, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) by writing an invalid value to the GICD.SGIR register.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-0284 The vgic_v2_to_sgi function in arch/arm/vgic-v2.c in Xen 4.5.x, when running on ARM hardware with general interrupt controller (GIC) version 2, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) by writing an invalid value to the GICD.SGIR register.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 4:03 AM
Reserved
Nov 18, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 16, 2015, 3:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:19 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 12, 2015, 12:00 AM