CVE-2015-8338

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2015-12-08
CWE:
CWE-667
Bugzilla:
1284911: CVE-2015-8338 xen: Long running memory operations on ARM cause DoS
A flaw was discovered in xen host that prevented the use of a physical CPU for a significant period of time. This can cause a softlockup or watchdog timeout in both the host and other guests.

Find out more about CVE-2015-8338 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7, Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2, and realtime kernels.

At the time of writing, XEN on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 did not support ARM guests. XEN was not available on versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7, Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2, and realtime kernels.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 6.2
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 realtime-kernel Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel-rt Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel-alt Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 xen Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Xen project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Julien Grall of Citrix as the original reporter.

External References

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