CVE-2011-3131 (GCVE-0-2011-3131)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-12-13 11:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:45
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Xen 4.1.1 and earlier allows local guest OS kernels with control of a PCI[E] device to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and host hang) via many crafted DMA requests that are denied by the IOMMU, which triggers a livelock.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/45622 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xe… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51468 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xe… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49146 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
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