Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2014-2580

The netback driver in Xen, when using certain Linux versions that do not allow sleeping in softirq context, allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service ("scheduling while atomic" error and host crash) via a malformed packet, which causes a mutex to be taken when trying to disable the interface.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-2580 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from xen organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-04-15T23:13:13.337

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.4 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

2.7

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	xen	xen	-	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/6 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/8 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66386 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029949 ([email protected])
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-90.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/6 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/8 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66386 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029949 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-90.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For xen's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.