CVE-2014-9065
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CVE-2014-9065
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.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
December 9, 2014
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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CVE-2014-9065
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/08/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71544
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-114.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04