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kernel: xen: Linux netback DoS via malicious guest ring.

Published Feb 18, 2013

Description

Memory leak in drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c in the Xen netback functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.8 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering certain error conditions.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

References (10)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Feb 18, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Dec 6, 2012
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Feb 5, 2013
ENISA EUVD
Assigner redhat
Published Feb 18, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2013-0251