CVE-2011-3131 (GCVE-0-2011-3131)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-12-13 11:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:45
VLAI?
Summary
Xen 4.1.1 and earlier allows local guest OS kernels with control of a PCI[E] device to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and host hang) via many crafted DMA requests that are denied by the IOMMU, which triggers a livelock.
Severity ?
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CWE
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Assigner
References
http://xenbits.xen.org/hg/staging/xen-4.1-testing… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/45622 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xe… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/51468 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xe… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49146 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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