CVE-2014-1666

Description

The do_physdev_op function in Xen 4.1.5, 4.1.6.1, 4.2.2 through 4.2.3, and 4.3.x does not properly restrict access to the (1) PHYSDEVOP_prepare_msix and (2) PHYSDEVOP_release_msix operations, which allows local PV guests to cause a denial of service (host or guest malfunction) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90675

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa87-unstable-4.3.patch

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-87.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029684

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65125

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/24/6

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200288

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/56650

http://osvdb.org/102536

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127607.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127580.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3