Vigil@nce - Xen: infinite loop via Arm Atomics Operations
July 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Xen.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 14/06/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker, inside a guest system, can trigger an infinite loop
via Arm Atomics Operations of Xen, in order to trigger a denial of
service on the host system.
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