CVE-2012-6030

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    CVE-2012-6030

    Published: 23 Nov 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The do_tmem_op function in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 allow local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly have other unspecified impacts via unspecified vectors related to "broken locking checks" in an "error path." NOTE: this issue was originally published as part of CVE-2012-3497, which was too general; CVE-2012-3497 has been SPLIT into this ID and others.

    References: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/50472, http://secunia.com/advisories/55082, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03, http://osvdb.org/85199, http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-15_multiple_TMEM_hypercall_vulnerabilities, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/8, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55410, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027482, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78268

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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