CVE-2015-7970

xen: Long latency populate-on-demand operation is not preemptible on x86

Published Oct 30, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The p2m_pod_emergency_sweep function in arch/x86/mm/p2m-pod.c in Xen 3.4.x, 3.5.x, and 3.6.x is not preemptible, which allows local x86 HVM guest administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and possibly reboot) via crafted memory contents that triggers a "time-consuming linear scan," related to Populate-on-Demand.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-479-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3414-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-7867 The p2m_pod_emergency_sweep function in arch/x86/mm/p2m-pod.c in Xen 3.4.x, 3.5.x, and 3.6.x is not preemptible, which allows local x86 HVM guest administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and possibly reboot) via crafted memory contents that triggers a "time-consuming linear scan," related to Populate-on-Demand.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:06 AM
Reserved
Oct 23, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 30, 2015, 3:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:33 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 29, 2015, 12:00 AM