CVE-2012-6031: Input Validation
First published: Fri Nov 23 2012(Updated: )
The do_tmem_get function in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 allow local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (CPU hang and host crash) via unspecified vectors related to a spinlock being held in the "bad_copy error path." NOTE: this issue was originally published as part of CVE-2012-3497, which was too general; CVE-2012-3497 has been SPLIT into this ID and others.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Xen Xen | =4.0.0 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.1.0 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.2.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html
- http://osvdb.org/85199
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50472
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-15_multiple_TMEM_hypercall_vulnerabilities
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55410
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027482
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78268
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/author
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- agent/references
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/xen
- canonical/xen xen
- version/xen xen/4.0.0
- version/xen xen/4.1.0
- version/xen xen/4.2.0