The PCI backend driver in Xen, when running on an x86 system and using Linux 3.1.x through 4.3.x as the driver domain, allows local guest administrators to hit BUG conditions and cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by leveraging a system with access to a passed-through MSI or MSI-X capable physical PCI device and a crafted sequence of XEN_PCI_OP_* operations, aka "Linux pciback missing sanity checks."
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DSA-3434-1 | linux security update |
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EUVD-2015-8431 | The PCI backend driver in Xen, when running on an x86 system and using Linux 3.1.x through 4.3.x as the driver domain, allows local guest administrators to hit BUG conditions and cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by leveraging a system with access to a passed-through MSI or MSI-X capable physical PCI device and a crafted sequence of XEN_PCI_OP_* operations, aka "Linux pciback missing sanity checks." |
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USN-2846-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-2847-1 | Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities |
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USN-2848-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-2849-1 | Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities |
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USN-2850-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-2851-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-2853-1 | Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities |
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USN-2854-1 | Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T08:20:43.119Z
Reserved: 2015-12-14T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-8551

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2016-04-13T15:59:05.257
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-8551


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