Security Features Affecting xen package, versions [,4.6.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383988
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Jan 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jan 2016

CVE-2015-8615  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-254  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for xen.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Security Features. The hvm_set_callback_via function in arch/x86/hvm/irq.c in Xen 4.6 does not limit the number of printk console messages when logging the new callback method, which allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service via a large number of changes to the callback method (HVM_PARAM_CALLBACK_IRQ).

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