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CVE-2015-7971

LOW · CVSS 2.1 EPSS 0.43%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2015-10-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2015-7971
Severity
LOW
CVSS
2.1
EPSS
0.43%

Original NVD Description

Xen 3.2.x through 4.6.x does not limit the number of printk console messages when logging certain pmu and profiling hypercalls, which allows local guests to cause a denial of service via a sequence of crafted (1) HYPERCALL_xenoprof_op hypercalls, which are not properly handled in the do_xenoprof_op function in common/xenoprof.c, or (2) HYPERVISOR_xenpmu_op hypercalls, which are not properly handled in the do_xenpmu_op function in arch/x86/cpu/vpmu.c.