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DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7971

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7971 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

Xen 3.2.x through 4.6.x does not limit the number of printk console messages when logging certain pmu and profiling hypercalls, which allows local guests to cause a denial of service via a sequence of crafted (1) HYPERCALL_xenoprof_op hypercalls, which are not properly handled in the do_xenoprof_op function in common/xenoprof.c, or (2) HYPERVISOR_xenpmu_op hypercalls, which are not properly handled in the do_xenpmu_op function in arch/x86/cpu/vpmu.c.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
8.699999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13xen0, 0, 0
Debian:14xen0, 0, 0
Debian:12xen0, 0, 0
Debian:11xen0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Oct 30, 2015 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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