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CVE-2015-8340

Published: 17 December 2015

The memory_exchange function in common/memory.c in Xen 3.2.x through 4.6.x does not properly release locks, which might allow guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (deadlock or host crash) via unspecified vectors, related to XENMEM_exchange error handling.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
xen
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (4.1.6.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.8)
trusty
Released (4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4)
upstream Needed

vivid
Released (4.5.0-1ubuntu4.4)
wily
Released (4.5.1-0ubuntu1.2)
Patches:
upstream: http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa159.patch
Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.