Field Assessment
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2015-7970
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.9
EPSS
0.44%
Original Filing — NVD Description
The p2m_pod_emergency_sweep function in arch/x86/mm/p2m-pod.c in Xen 3.4.x, 3.5.x, and 3.6.x is not preemptible, which allows local x86 HVM guest administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and possibly reboot) via crafted memory contents that triggers a "time-consuming linear scan," related to Populate-on-Demand.