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CVE-2014-2580

MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:3.13.10-1CVE-2014-2580
Fixed in:3.13.10-1CVE-2014-2580
Fixed in:3.13.10-1CVE-2014-2580
Fixed in:3.13.10-1CVE-2014-2580
linuxUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-27.50USN-2226-1
linux-image-3.13.0-27-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-27.50USN-2226-1
linux-image-3.13.0-27-generic-lpaeUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-27.50USN-2226-1
linux-image-3.13.0-27-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-27.50USN-2226-1
linux-image-3.13.0-27-powerpc-e500Ubuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-27.50USN-2226-1
linux-image-3.13.0-27-powerpc-e500mcUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-27.50USN-2226-1
linux-image-3.13.0-27-powerpc-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-27.50USN-2226-1
linux-image-3.13.0-27-powerpc64-embUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-27.50USN-2226-1
linux-image-3.13.0-27-powerpc64-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-27.50USN-2226-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.35%probability of exploitation in 30 days
27thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 27% of all known CVEs.

References

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