GNTTABOP_swap_grant_ref in Xen 4.2 through 4.5 does not check the grant table operation version, which allows local guest domains to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a hypercall without a GNTTABOP_setup_table or GNTTABOP_set_version.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2015-4163 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 | 2.9 |
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Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
Access Complexity | Medium |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | Partial |
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Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Not affected |