CVE-2012-4538 in Xen
Summary
The HVMOP_pagetable_dying hypercall in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check the pagetable state when running on shadow pagetables, which allows a local HVM guest OS to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.
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Reservation
08/21/2012
Disclosure
11/24/2012
Status
Confirmed
Entries
VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:
| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6948 | Citrix Xen Pagetable HVMOP_pagetable_dying input validation | 20 | Unproven | Official fix | CVE-2012-4538 |