Description
The GNTTABOP_swap_grant_ref sub-operation in the grant table hypercall in Xen 4.2 and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 allows local guest kernels or administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted grant reference that triggers a write to an arbitrary hypervisor memory location.
Published: 2012-11-23
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-3471 The GNTTABOP_swap_grant_ref sub-operation in the grant table hypercall in Xen 4.2 and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 allows local guest kernels or administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted grant reference that triggers a write to an arbitrary hypervisor memory location.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:05:12.797Z

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

Link: CVE-2012-3516

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-11-23T20:55:03.650

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

Link: CVE-2012-3516

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3516 - Bugzilla

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