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
Probabilidad de explotación (próx. 30 días): 0.0007 (0.1%)
Percentil: 21.4%
EPSS: 2026-05-06
Afecta
xen:xenDescripción técnica
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.
Publicada: 15/4/2014, 23:13:13
Última modificación: 6/5/2026, 22:30:45
Referencias
- 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