CVE-2011-3131

Published: Dec 13, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

4.6

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 3.1 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

Xen 4.1.1 and earlier allows local guest OS kernels with control of a PCI[E] device to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and host hang) via many crafted DMA requests that are denied by the IOMMU, which triggers a livelock.

Affected (1)

Products: Xen: Xen

Xen

1 product

Xen

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Xen Xen	Up to 4.1.1

Related CWEs

CWE-399

References (14)

http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-06/msg01106.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-08/msg00450.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/45622

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/51468

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49146

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://xenbits.xen.org/hg/staging/xen-4.1-testing.hg/rev/84e3706df07a

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-06/msg01106.html