CVE-2012-6031

The do_tmem_get 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 (CPU hang and host crash) via unspecified vectors related to a spinlock being held in the "bad_copy 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.

🔗 References (22)

• cve@mitrehttp://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html
• cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/85199
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/50472
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/55082
• cve@mitrehttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
• cve@mitrehttp://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-15_multiple_TMEM_hypercall_vulnerabilities
• cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/8
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55410
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027482
• cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78268
• cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/85199
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50472
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/55082