CVE-2014-2986 Information

Description

The vgic_distr_mmio_write function in the virtual guest interrupt controller (GIC) distributor (arch/arm/vgic.c) in Xen 4.4.x when running on an ARM system allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host crash) via unspecified vectors.

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67047 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030146 http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-94.html