CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8615
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-01-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-254
Description
The hvm_set_callback_via function in arch/x86/hvm/irq.c in Xen 4.6 does not limit the number of printk console messages when logging the new callback method, which allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service via a large number of changes to the callback method (HVM_PARAM_CALLBACK_IRQ).
Affected configurations
• xen xen 4.6.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79644 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034512 www.securitytracker.com
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-169.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79644 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034512 www.securitytracker.com
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-169.html Vendor Advisory