CVE-2014-7188

Publication date 2 October 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

The hvm_msr_read_intercept function in arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c in Xen 4.1 through 4.4.x uses an improper MSR range for x2APIC emulation, which allows local HVM guests to cause a denial of service (host crash) or read data from the hypervisor or other guests via unspecified vectors.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
xen	15.04 vivid	Fixed 4.4.1-3ubuntu1
	14.10 utopic	Fixed 4.4.0-0ubuntu8
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.4.0-0ubuntu5.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 4.1.6.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.3
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
xen-3.3	15.04 vivid	Not in release
	14.10 utopic	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

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Notes

mdeslaur

hypervisor packages are in universe. For issues in the hypervisor, add appropriate tags to each section, ex: Tags_xen: universe-binary

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-108.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7188