Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package xen (opens in a new tab)
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Start learning- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-XEN-628298
- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed16 Feb 2015
Introduced: 16 Feb 2015
CVE-2015-0268 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xen package and not the xen package as distributed by Ubuntu.
The vgic_v2_to_sgi function in arch/arm/vgic-v2.c in Xen 4.5.x, when running on ARM hardware with general interrupt controller (GIC) version 2, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) by writing an invalid value to the GICD.SGIR register.