# CVE-2015-7971: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-10-30 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171249.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171082.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77363
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00063.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171185.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034035
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-152.html

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