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CVE-2014-9065

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.

Published

2014-12-09T23:59:08.037

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-17

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	xen	xen	≤ 4.4.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/08/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71544 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-114.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/08/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71544 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-114.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)