CVE-2012-6031
EPSS 0.06%
Description
The do_tmem_get function in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 allow local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (CPU hang and host crash) via unspecified vectors related to a spinlock being held in the "bad_copy error path." NOTE: this issue was originally published as part of CVE-2012-3497, which was too general; CVE-2012-3497 has been SPLIT into this ID and others.
How to fix CVE-2012-6031
To remediate CVE-2012-6031, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/xen—upgrade to 4.1.4-1 or later
Is CVE-2012-6031 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.1.4-1