CVE-2014-5148 Information

Description

Xen 4.4.x when running on an ARM system and \handling an unknown system register access from 64-bit userspace\ returns to an instruction of the trap handler for kernel space faults instead of an instruction that is associated with faults in 64-bit userspace which allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted process.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/59934 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69189 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030725 http://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-103.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95233

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