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CVE-2012-6031

nvd nist
Published: Nov 23, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

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4.7
Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 6.9
Source: NVD

Description

The do_tmem_get function in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 allow local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (CPU hang and host crash) via unspecified vectors related to a spinlock being held in the "bad_copy error path." NOTE: this issue was originally published as part of CVE-2012-3497, which was too general; CVE-2012-3497 has been SPLIT into this ID and others.

Affected (3)

Products: Xen: Xen
1 product
Xen
Configuration A
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Xen
Version 4.0.0
Version 4.1.0
Version 4.2.0

References (22)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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