The x86_emulate function in arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c in Xen 3.3.x through 4.4.x does not check the supervisor mode permissions for instructions that generate software interrupts, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-7156 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Not vulnerable.
This issue did not affect the versions of the kernel-xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score | 4.9 |
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Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Access Vector | Local |
Access Complexity | Low |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | Complete |
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Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-xen | Not affected |