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Vigil@nce - Xen, Linux: assertion error via Linux Mapping Error
April 2021 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerabilities-watch-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: XenServer, Debian, Fedora, Linux, openSUSE
Leap, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SLES, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 16/02/2021.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker, inside a guest system, can force an assertion error
via Linux Mapping Error of Xen, in order to trigger a denial of
service on the host system.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Xen-Linux-assertion-error-via-Linux-Mapping-Error-34590
