The compat_iret function in Xen 3.1 through 4.5 iterates the wrong way through a loop, which allows local 32-bit PV guest administrators to cause a denial of service (large loop and system hang) via a hypercall_iret call with EFLAGS.VM set.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-06-15T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:02.939Z

Reserved: 2015-06-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-4164

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-06-15T15:59:13.367

Modified: 2018-10-30T16:26:53.700

Link: CVE-2015-4164

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-06-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-4164 - Bugzilla