Upstream information
Description
Xen 4.4.x, 4.5.x, and 4.6.x does not limit the number of printk console messages when reporting unimplemented hypercalls, which allows local guests to cause a denial of service via a sequence of (1) HYPERVISOR_physdev_op hypercalls, which are not properly handled in the do_physdev_op function in arch/arm/physdev.c, or (2) HYPERVISOR_hvm_op hypercalls, which are not properly handled in the do_hvm_op function in arch/arm/hvm.c.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having low severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 2.1 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Note from the SUSE Security Team
This vulnerability is ARM platform specific and so does not affected SUSE Linux Enterprise. SUSE Bugzilla entry: 950172 [RESOLVED / INVALID] No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | xen | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 | xen | Not affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Oct 13 16:33:55 2015CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 16:38:37 2024