Xen 3.4 through 4.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (Xen infinite loop and physical CPU consumption) by setting a VCPU with an "inappropriate deadline."
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2582-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4463 Xen 3.4 through 4.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (Xen infinite loop and physical CPU consumption) by setting a VCPU with an "inappropriate deadline."
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:42:53.628Z

Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-4535

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-11-21T23:55:02.007

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-4535

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-11-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-4535 - Bugzilla

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