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CVE-2015-7971
UNKNOWN · CVSS n/a
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2015-10-30T15:59:07.950 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:33:28.007

Summary

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.

Affected products

xen — xen

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References

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