Security Features in Xen - CVE-2015-8615
Published: January 8, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40537
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8615
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to perform service disruption.
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).
Affected software
Xen
How to mitigate CVE-2015-8615
Install update from vendor's website.