CVE-2012-5515

EPSS 0.14%

Published: 12/13/2012Modified: 4/28/2026

Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5515

Description

The (1) XENMEM_decrease_reservation, (2) XENMEM_populate_physmap, and (3) XENMEM_exchange hypercalls in Xen 4.2 and earlier allow local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (long loop and hang) via a crafted extent_order value.

Affected packages (1)

Debian/xenfrom 0, < 4.1.3-5

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5515