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CVE-2014-2580

The netback driver in Xen, when using certain Linux versions that do not allow sleeping in softirq context, allows local

The netback driver in Xen, when using certain Linux versions that do not allow sleeping in softirq context, allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service ("scheduling while atomic" error and host crash) via a malformed packet, which causes a mutex to be taken when trying to disable the interface.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4 EPSS 0.00071
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Affected Products & Versions

1
xenall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.4
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD15 Apr 2014 · 11:13 PM
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Vendor Advisories

2
usnUSN-2260-1
usnUSN-2226-1
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66386
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029949
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-90.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
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