Name: CVE-2013-4553: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2013-12-24T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2013-4553, CWE-119, CVSS 4.4, EPSS 0.00328

The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not always obtain the page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host deadlock).

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.4

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade xen	Jul 30, 2024	Dec 24, 2013
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-emulations/xen.Upgrade app-emulations/xen-pvgrub.Upgrade app-emulations/xen-tools.	Oct 30, 2017	Dec 24, 2013
Suse	—	Upgrade xen-kmp-desktopUpgrade xen-toolsUpgrade xen-doc-pdfUpgrade xenUpgrade xen-libsUpgrade xen-kmp-defaultUpgrade xen-libs-32bitUpgrade xen-develUpgrade xen-kmp-traceUpgrade xen-tools-domUUpgrade xen-kmp-paeUpgrade sle-sdk-releaseUpgrade xen-doc-htmlUpgrade xen-xend-tools	Dec 23, 2013	Dec 23, 2013
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade xen	Nov 19, 2024	Dec 24, 2013

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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