CVE-2014-2580

Published: Apr 15, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

4.4

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.7 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

The netback driver in Xen, when using certain Linux versions that do not allow sleeping in softirq context, allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service ("scheduling while atomic" error and host crash) via a malformed packet, which causes a mutex to be taken when trying to disable the interface.

Affected (1)

Products: Xen: Xen

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Xen Xen	All versions

Related CWEs

References (10)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/6

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/8

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66386

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029949

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-90.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/6

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/8

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66386

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029949

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-90.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

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