CVE-2013-4494
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Xen before 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x does not take the page_alloc_lock and grant_table.lock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators with access to multiple vcpus to cause a denial of service (host deadlock) via unspecified vectors.
Find out more about CVE-2013-4494 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) | RHSA-2014:0108 | 2014-01-29 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | realtime-kernel | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-xen | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Xen project for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation