CVE-2013-0231

Linux Kernel 2.6.18 and 3.8 - Denial of Service via PCI Backend Driver Log Flood

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The pciback_enable_msi function in the PCI backend driver (drivers/xen/pciback/conf_space_capability_msi.c) in Xen for the Linux kernel 2.6.18 and 3.8 allows guest OS users with PCI device access to cause a denial of service via a large number of kernel log messages. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/9
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57740
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81923
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/52059
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2632
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/89903

Scores

EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 30.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (11)
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.18
linux/linux_kernel 3.8
xen/xen 3.0.2
xen/xen 3.0.3
xen/xen 3.0.4
xen/xen 3.1.3
xen/xen 3.1.4
xen/xen 3.2.0
xen/xen 3.2.1
xen/xen 3.2.2
... and 1 more
Published Feb 13, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026