Description
The netback driver in Xen, when using certain Linux versions that do not allow sleeping in softirq context, allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service ("scheduling while atomic" error and host crash) via a malformed packet, which causes a mutex to be taken when trying to disable the interface.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2014-2612 | The netback driver in Xen, when using certain Linux versions that do not allow sleeping in softirq context, allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service ("scheduling while atomic" error and host crash) via a malformed packet, which causes a mutex to be taken when trying to disable the interface. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2226-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2260-1 | Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T10:21:35.216Z
Reserved: 2014-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2014-2580
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Status : Modified
Published: 2014-04-15T23:13:13.337
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2014-2580
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Ubuntu USN