CVE-2014-2580 | Date: (C)2014-04-16 (M)2024-05-22 |
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.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -CVSS V2 Severity: |
CVSS Score : 4.4 |
Exploit Score: 2.7 |
Impact Score: 6.9 |
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CVSS V2 Metrics: |
Access Vector: LOCAL |
Access Complexity: MEDIUM |
Authentication: SINGLE |
Confidentiality: NONE |
Integrity: NONE |
Availability: COMPLETE |
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