Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129
Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-246.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102008
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039878
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105954
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
15.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-755
CWE-754
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (1)
xen/xen
< 4.9.1
Published
Nov 28, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026