# CVE-2016-5242: The p2m\_teardown function in arch/arm/p2m.c in Xen 4.4.x through 4.6.x allows local guest OS users with access to the driver domain to cause

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-06-07 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The p2m_teardown function in arch/arm/p2m.c in Xen 4.4.x through 4.6.x allows local guest OS users with access to the driver domain to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by creating concurrent domains and holding references to them, related to VMID exhaustion.

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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91015
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-181.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036035
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3633

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