FKIE_CVE-2013-4494

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-11-02 18:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:57
Severity
Summary
Xen before 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x does not take the page_alloc_lock and grant_table.lock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators with access to multiple vcpus to cause a denial of service (host deadlock) via unspecified vectors.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0108.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/01/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/01/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0108.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/01/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/01/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xen xen *
xen xen *
xen xen *
debian debian_linux 7.0

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    },
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:57:19.767",
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