Description
The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not always obtain the page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host deadlock).
Published: 2013-12-24
Score: 5.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3006-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-4412 The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not always obtain the page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host deadlock).
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:45:14.806Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4553

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-12-24T19:55:07.163

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-4553

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-11-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-4553 - Bugzilla

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