CVE-2012-4538

Xen 4.0-4.2 - Denial of Service via HVMOP_pagetable_dying Hypercall

Title source: llm

Description

The HVMOP_pagetable_dying hypercall in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check the pagetable state when running on shadow pagetables, which allows a local HVM guest OS to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.

References (21)

Core 21

Core References

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/55082

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/51413

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/51200

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027762

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/87306

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/51468

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80025

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/51352

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/51324

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/3

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56498

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html

Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-11/msg00004.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 16.8%

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (3)

xen/xen 4.0.0

xen/xen 4.1.0

xen/xen 4.2.0

Published Nov 24, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026