The libxlDomainGetNumaParameters function in the libxl driver (libxl/libxl_driver.c) in libvirt...
Vulnerability Description
The libxlDomainGetNumaParameters function in the libxl driver (libxl/libxl_driver.c) in libvirt before 1.2.1 does not properly initialize the nodemap, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid free operation and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an inactive domain to the virsh numatune command.
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References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2093-1
- http://libvirt.org/news.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00060.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-December/msg01176.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-December/msg01258.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048629
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