CVE-2014-2580
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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EPSS
Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0007 (0.1%)
Percentile: 21.4%
EPSS: 2026-05-06
Affects
xen:xenTechnical 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.
Published: 4/15/2014, 11:13:13 PM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66386
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029949
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-90.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66386