CVE-2013-0231

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-02-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The pciback_enable_msi function in the PCI backend driver (drivers/xen/pciback/conf_space_capability_msi.c) in Xen for the Linux kernel 2.6.18 and 3.8 allows guest OS users with PCI device access to cause a denial of service via a large number of kernel log messages. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.18, 3.8
xen: 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.2.0 (+3)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
http://osvdb.org/89903
http://secunia.com/advisories/52059
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2632
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57740
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81923
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html

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