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xen: guest triggerable qemu MSI-X pass-through error messages (xsa-130)

Published Jun 3, 2015

Description

Xen 3.3.x through 4.5.x enables logging for PCI MSI-X pass-through error messages, which allows local x86 HVM guests to cause a denial of service (host disk consumption) via certain invalid operations.

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Red Hat statement

This issue does affect then Xen packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 3, 2015
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved May 27, 2015
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Jun 2, 2015