CVE-2014-2986

Publication date 28 April 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The vgic_distr_mmio_write function in the virtual guest interrupt controller (GIC) distributor (arch/arm/vgic.c) in Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host crash) via unspecified vectors.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xen 14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1
13.10 saucy
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
xen-3.3 14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

32- and 64-bit ARM systems only

Patch details

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Package Patch details
xen