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CVE-2015-7971LOWCVSS 2.1

CVE-2015-7971

Published Oct 30, 2015·Updated Jun 16, 2026

NVD Description

Xen 3.2.x through 4.6.x does not limit the number of printk console messages when logging certain pmu and profiling hypercalls, which allows local guests to cause a denial of service via a sequence of crafted (1) HYPERCALL_xenoprof_op hypercalls, which are not properly handled in the do_xenoprof_op function in common/xenoprof.c, or (2) HYPERVISOR_xenpmu_op hypercalls, which are not properly handled in the do_xenpmu_op function in arch/x86/cpu/vpmu.c.

CVSS Vector

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

References

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