CVE-2014-9030

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-11-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The do_mmu_update function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 3.2.x through 4.4.x does not properly manage page references, which allows remote domains to cause a denial of service by leveraging control over an HVM guest and a crafted MMU_MACHPHYS_UPDATE.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 7.0
Opensuse: 13.1, 13.2
xen: 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.3.0, 3.3.1 (+26)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62672
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71207
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-113.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98853
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62672
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140

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