CVE-2012-3496

Citrix XenServer < 6.0.2 and Xen 4.0-4.2 - Denial of Service via Invalid Flags in XENMEM_populate_physmap

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

XENMEM_populate_physmap in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2, and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier, when translating paging mode is not used, allows local PV OS guest kernels to cause a denial of service (BUG triggered and host crash) via invalid flags such as MEMF_populate_on_demand.

References (23)

Core 23
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50530
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854590
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1027481
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50472
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78267
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/7
Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00002.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55412
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/85200
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2544

Scores

EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-16
Status published
Products (4)
citrix/xenserver < 6.0.2
xen/xen 4.0.0
xen/xen 4.1.0
xen/xen 4.2.0
Published Nov 23, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026