CVE-2012-3495
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.004 · 38 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The physdev_get_free_pirq hypercall in arch/x86/physdev.c in Xen 4.1.x and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier uses the return value of the get_free_pirq function as an array index without checking that the return value indicates an error, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (invalid memory write and host crash) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
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affected products (10)
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references (43)
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- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00001.htmlcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50530cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50576cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50625cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50814cnnvd
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708cnnvd
- http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-13_hypercall_physdev_get_free_pirq_vulnerabilitycnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/6cnnvd
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