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CVE-2015-7970
CVE-2015-7970
PUBLISHED
The p2m_pod_emergency_sweep function in arch/x86/mm/p2m-pod.c in Xen 3.4.x, 3.5.x, and 3.6.x is not preemptible, which allows local x86 HVM guest administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and possibly reboot) via crafted memory contents that triggers a "time-consuming linear scan," related to Populate-on-Demand.
EPSS 0.44% · 35.6th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.44%
35.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | xen | 0, 4.3.0-1ubuntu1, 4.3.0-1ubuntu2 |
Timeline
- Oct 30, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 12, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 6, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 29, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7970 third-party-advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-150.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7970 third-party-advisory