CVE-2015-8338

xen: Long running memory operations on ARM cause DoS

Published Dec 17, 2015 CVSS 3.0 · 6.2 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly enforce limits on page order inputs for the (1) XENMEM_increase_reservation, (2) XENMEM_populate_physmap, (3) XENMEM_exchange, and possibly other HYPERVISOR_memory_op suboperations, which allows ARM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption, guest reboot, or watchdog timeout and host reboot) and possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3633-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8222 Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly enforce limits on page order inputs for the (1) XENMEM_increase_reservation, (2) XENMEM_populate_physmap, (3) XENMEM_exchange, and possibly other HYPERVISOR_memory_op suboperations, which allows ARM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption, guest reboot, or watchdog timeout and host reboot) and possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00068}

epss

{'score': 0.00199}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:13 AM
Reserved
Nov 25, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 17, 2015, 7:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:34 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Dec 8, 2015, 12:00 AM