CVE-2015-7970
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CVE-2015-7970
The p2m_pod_emergency_sweep function in arch/x86/mm/p2m-pod.c in Xen 3.4.x, 3.5.x, and 3.6.x is not preemptible, which allows local x86 HVM guest administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and possibly reboot) via crafted memory contents that triggers a "time-consuming linear scan," related to Populate-on-Demand.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
October 30, 2015
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2015-7970
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The p2m_pod_emergency_sweep function in arch/x86/mm/p2m-pod.c in Xen 3.4.x, 3.5.x, and 3.6.x is not preemptible, which allows local x86 HVM guest administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and possibly reboot) via crafted memory contents that triggers a "time-consuming linear scan," related to Populate-on-Demand.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171082.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171185.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171249.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77362
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034034
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-150.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03