CVE-2015-8551

The PCI backend driver in Xen, when running on an x86 system and using Linux 3.1.x through 4.3.x as the driver domain, allows local guest administrators to hit BUG conditions and cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by leveraging a system with access to a passed-through MSI or MSI-X capable physical PCI device and a crafted sequence of XEN_PCI_OP_* operations, aka "Linux pciback missing sanity checks."
References
Link Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79546 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034480 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-157.html Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79546 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034480 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-157.html Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2016-04-13 15:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46


NVD link : CVE-2015-8551

Mitre link : CVE-2015-8551

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-8551


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Products Affected

suse

  • linux_enterprise_desktop
  • linux_enterprise_workstation_extension
  • linux_enterprise_real_time_extension
  • linux_enterprise_software_development_kit
  • linux_enterprise_server

linux

  • linux_kernel

debian

  • debian_linux

opensuse

  • opensuse
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference