CVE-2013-0231 Information

Description

The pciback_enable_msi function in the PCI backend driver (drivers/xen/pciback/conf_space_capability_msi.c) in Xen for the Linux kernel 2.6.18 and 3.8 allows guest OS users with PCI device access to cause a denial of service via a large number of kernel log messages. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html http://osvdb.org/89903 http://secunia.com/advisories/52059 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2632 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/9 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57740 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81923