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CVE-2016-5242
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.6
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-06-07T14:06:17.183 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:49:02.243

Summary

The p2m_teardown function in arch/arm/p2m.c in Xen 4.4.x through 4.6.x allows local guest OS users with access to the driver domain to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by creating concurrent domains and holding references to them, related to VMID exhaustion.

Affected products

xen — xen

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References

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