CVE-2014-2580

N/A Unknown
Published: April 15, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-90.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor 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
Patch Vendor Advisory

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
22th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

xen