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Debian: CVE-2015-8615: xen -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2015-8615: xen -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/08/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/31/2017
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

The hvm_set_callback_via function in arch/x86/hvm/irq.c in Xen 4.6 does not limit the number of printk console messages when logging the new callback method, which allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service via a large number of changes to the callback method (HVM_PARAM_CALLBACK_IRQ).

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-xen

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