CVE-2012-3433
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CVE-2012-3433
Xen 4.0 and 4.1 allows local HVM guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (domain 0 VCPU hang and kernel panic) by modifying the physical address space in a way that triggers excessive shared page search time during the p2m teardown.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
November 24, 2012
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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CVE-2012-3433
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Xen 4.0 and 4.1 allows local HVM guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (domain 0 VCPU hang and kernel panic) by modifying the physical address space in a way that triggers excessive shared page search time during the p2m teardown.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-08/msg00855.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2531
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54942