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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-8594: Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-8594: Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/19/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The do_mmu_update function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.x through 4.4.x does not properly restrict updates to only PV page tables, which allows remote PV guests to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by leveraging hardware emulation services for HVM guests using Hardware Assisted Paging (HAP).

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-xen

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