CVE-2014-2580

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    CVE-2014-2580

    Published: 15 Apr 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The netback driver in Xen, when using certain Linux versions that do not allow sleeping in softirq context, allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service ("scheduling while atomic" error and host crash) via a malformed packet, which causes a mutex to be taken when trying to disable the interface.

    References: http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-90.html, http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-90.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/6, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/8, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66386, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029949

    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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