| Name | CVE-2015-7812 |
| Description | The hypercall_create_continuation function in arch/arm/domain.c in Xen 4.4.x through 4.6.x allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via a preemptible hypercall to the multicall interface. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3414-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xen (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.4.4lts5-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.8.5.final+shim4.10.4-1+deb9u12 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.11.4+107-gef32c7afa2-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.14.6-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 4.14.5+94-ge49571868d-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.17.3+36-g54dacb5c02-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| xen | source | squeeze | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| xen | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| xen | source | jessie | 4.4.1-9+deb8u3 | | DSA-3414-1 | |
| xen | source | (unstable) | 4.6.0-1 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - xen <not-affected> (arm not yet supported)
[squeeze] - xen <end-of-life> (not supported in squeeze-lts)
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-145.html