CVE-2012-6030

Description

The do_tmem_op 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 (host crash) and possibly have other unspecified impacts via unspecified vectors related to "broken locking checks" in an "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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78268

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027482

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55410

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/8

http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-15_multiple_TMEM_hypercall_vulnerabilities

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/55082

http://secunia.com/advisories/50472

http://osvdb.org/85199

http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3