CVE-2015-8615

Description

The hvm_set_callback_via function in arch/x86/hvm/irq.c in Xen 4.6 does not limit the number of printk console messages when logging the new callback method, which allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service via a large number of changes to the callback method (HVM_PARAM_CALLBACK_IRQ).

References

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-169.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034512

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79644

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3