CVE-2014-1642
Description
The IRQ setup in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when using device passthrough and configured to support a large number of CPUs, frees certain memory that may still be intended for use, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and hypervisor crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to an out-of-memory error that triggers a (1) use-after-free or (2) double free.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.4.0-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.4.0-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.4.0-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.4.0-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.4.0-1 |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127580.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127607.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html
- http://osvdb.org/102406
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56557
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/23/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65097
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029679
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-83.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90649
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1642
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.