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CVE-2015-8340

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2016-01-06	xen-kernel -- XENMEM_exchange error handling issues

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CVE-2015-8340 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2015-8340
Phase	Assigned(20151125)

Description

The memory_exchange function in common/memory.c in Xen 3.2.x through 4.6.x does not properly release locks, which might allow guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (deadlock or host crash) via unspecified vectors, related to XENMEM_exchange error handling.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX203451
CONFIRM	http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-159.html