Description
common/spinlock.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability to CVE-2014-9066.
Published: 2014-12-09
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-8891 common/spinlock.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability to CVE-2014-9066.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:33:13.456Z

Reserved: 2014-11-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-9065

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-12-09T23:59:08.037

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-9065

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-12-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-9065 - Bugzilla

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