CVE-2015-7972
EPSS 0.07%Published: 10/30/2015Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The (1) libxl_set_memory_target function in tools/libxl/libxl.c and (2) libxl__build_post function in tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c in Xen 3.4.x through 4.6.x do not properly calculate the balloon size when using the populate-on-demand (PoD) system, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors related to "heavy memory pressure."
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/xenfrom 0, < 4.6.0-1