Xen 4.4.x, 4.5.x, and 4.6.x does not limit the number...
Vulnerability Description
Xen 4.4.x, 4.5.x, and 4.6.x does not limit the number of printk console messages when reporting unimplemented hypercalls, which allows local guests to cause a denial of service via a sequence of (1) HYPERVISOR_physdev_op hypercalls, which are not properly handled in the do_physdev_op function in arch/arm/physdev.c, or (2) HYPERVISOR_hvm_op hypercalls, which are not properly handled in the do_hvm_op function in arch/arm/hvm.c.
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References
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-146.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171249.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171082.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171185.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034029
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