CVE-2011-3131

CVE Details

Release Date:

2011-08-12

Description

Xen 4.1.1 and earlier allows local guest OS kernels with control of a PCI[E] device to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and host hang) via many crafted DMA requests that are denied by the IOMMU, which triggers a livelock.

See more information about CVE-2011-3131 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.2	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-1386	2011-10-21
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-274.7.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-1386	2011-10-21
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-274.7.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-1386	2011-10-21

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