Resource Management Errors Affecting xen package, versions [,4.1.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383690
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed13 Dec 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Dec 2012

CVE-2011-3131  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade xen to version 4.1.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. Xen 4.1.1 and earlier allows local guest OS kernels with control of a PCI[E] device to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and host hang) via many crafted DMA requests that are denied by the IOMMU, which triggers a livelock.

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