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CVE-2014-1896
Published: Apr 1, 2014
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The (1) do_send and (2) do_recv functions in io.c in libvchan in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4-RC series allows local guests to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges via crafted xenstore ring indexes, which triggers a "read or write past the end of the ring."
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa86.patch
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-86.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
SUSE-SU-2014:0373
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
GLSA-201407-03
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
[oss-security] 20140210 Xen Security Advisory 86 (CVE-2014-1896) - libvchan failure handling malicious ring indexes
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[oss-security] 20140207 Re: Xen Security Advisory 84 - integer overflow in several XSM/Flask hypercalls
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
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