Race Condition Affecting xen package, versions [4.1.0,4.4.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383911
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 Oct 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-7154  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for xen.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition. Race condition in HVMOP_track_dirty_vram in Xen 4.0.0 through 4.4.x does not ensure possession of the guarding lock for dirty video RAM tracking, which allows certain local guest domains to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

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CVSS Scores

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