Description
The handle_mmio function in arch/x86/hvm/io.c in the MMIO operations emulator for Xen 3.3 and 4.x, when running an HVM guest, does not properly reset certain state information between emulation cycles, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via unspecified operations on MMIO regions.
Published: 2012-12-03
Score: 1.9 Low
EPSS: 1.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2531-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-3399 The handle_mmio function in arch/x86/hvm/io.c in the MMIO operations emulator for Xen 3.3 and 4.x, when running an HVM guest, does not properly reset certain state information between emulation cycles, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via unspecified operations on MMIO regions.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:05:12.514Z

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3432

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-12-03T21:55:01.657

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-3432

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-07-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3432 - Bugzilla

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