Vulnerability Details CVE-2014-2580
The netback driver in Xen, when using certain Linux versions that do not allow sleeping in softirq context, allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service ("scheduling while atomic" error and host crash) via a malformed packet, which causes a mutex to be taken when trying to disable the interface.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 22.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.4
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66386
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029949
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-90.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66386
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029949
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-90.html