CVE-2012-6030

high
Published 2012-11-23 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
7.2

Description

The do_tmem_op function in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 allow local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly have other unspecified impacts via unspecified vectors related to "broken locking checks" in an "error path." NOTE: this issue was originally published as part of CVE-2012-3497, which was too general; CVE-2012-3497 has been SPLIT into this ID and others.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6030

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/50472

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.1.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.1.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.1.4-1
debian debiansidfixed4.1.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.1.4-1

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.