CVE-2015-8340
N/A
Published: December 17, 2015 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:34 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXen
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The memory_exchange function in common/memory.c in Xen 3.2.x through 4.6.x does not properly release locks, which might allow guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (deadlock or host crash) via unspecified vectors, related to XENMEM_exchange error handling.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-159.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-17
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