Xen 3.4, 4.0, and 4.1, when the guest OS has not registered a handler for a syscall or sysenter instruction, does not properly clear a flag for exception injection when injecting a General Protection Fault, which allows local PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by later triggering an exception that would normally be handled within Xen.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-2501-1 | xen security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2012-0254 | Xen 3.4, 4.0, and 4.1, when the guest OS has not registered a handler for a syscall or sysenter instruction, does not properly clear a flag for exception injection when injecting a General Protection Fault, which allows local PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by later triggering an exception that would normally be handled within Xen. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: debian
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T18:16:19.768Z
Reserved: 2011-12-14T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2012-0218
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2012-12-03T21:55:01.440
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2012-0218
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD