CVE-2014-9065

Summary

common/spinlock.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability to CVE-2014-9066.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-114.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71544
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/08/4

References

• http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-114.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71544
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/08/4

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