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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| References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171082.html - | |
| References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171185.html - | |
| References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171249.html - | |
| References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html - | |
| References | () http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404 - | |
| References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414 - | |
| References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77362 - | |
| References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034034 - | |
| References | () http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-150.html - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 - | 
Information
                Published : 2015-10-30 15:59
Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46
NVD link : CVE-2015-7970
Mitre link : CVE-2015-7970
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-7970
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Products Affected
                xen
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CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-399
                        
            Resource Management Errors
