Description
The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not always obtain the page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host deadlock).
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/26/8 ↗
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html ↗