CVE-2016-5242
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CVE-2016-5242 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. The p2m_teardown function in arch/arm/p2m.c in Xen 4.4.x through 4.6.x allows local guest OS users with access to the driver domain to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by creating concurrent domains and holding references to them, related to VMID exhaustion.. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
The p2m_teardown function in arch/arm/p2m.c in Xen 4.4.x through 4.6.x allows local guest OS users with access to the driver domain to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by creating concurrent domains and holding references to them, related to VMID exhaustion.
Metrics
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Xen | Xen | 4.4.0 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.4.1 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.4.2 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.4.3 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.4.4 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.5.0 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.5.1 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.5.2 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.5.3 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.6.0 |
| Xen | Xen | 4.6.1 |
References
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-181.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-181.htmlVendor Advisory
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- Status
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