CVE-2014-1895
Off-by-one error in the flask_security_avc_cachestats function in xsm/flask/flask_op.c in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when the maximum number of physical CPUs are in use, allows local users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or obtain sensitive information from hypervisor memory by leveraging a FLASK_AVC_CACHESTAT hypercall, which triggers a buffer over-read.
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EPSS
Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0010 (0.1%)
Percentile: 28.0%
EPSS: 2026-05-06
Affects
xen:xenTechnical description
Off-by-one error in the flask_security_avc_cachestats function in xsm/flask/flask_op.c in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when the maximum number of physical CPUs are in use, allows local users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or obtain sensitive information from hypervisor memory by leveraging a FLASK_AVC_CACHESTAT hypercall, which triggers a buffer over-read.
Published: 4/1/2014, 6:35:53 AM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/10/6
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-85.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/12