CVE-2014-9030
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.1
Description
The do_mmu_update function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 3.2.x through 4.4.x does not properly manage page references, which allows remote domains to cause a denial of service by leveraging control over an HVM guest and a crafted MMU_MACHPHYS_UPDATE.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 13.1 | affected | |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.4.1-4 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.4.1-4 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.4.1-4 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.4.1-4 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.4.1-4 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62672
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71207
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-113.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98853
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9030
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.