The xenlight library (libxl) in Xen 4.0.x through 4.2.x, when IOMMU is disabled, provides access to a busmastering-capable PCI passthrough device before the IOMMU setup is complete, which allows local HVM guest domains to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via a DMA instruction.
Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/10/4 | mailing list |
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2013-07/msg00066.html | patch mailing list |
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml | vendor advisory |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html | vendor advisory |
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006 | vendor advisory |