CVE-2013-4553

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    CVE-2013-4553

    Published: 24 Dec 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not always obtain the page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host deadlock).

    References: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/26/8

    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