Security Advisory
CVE-2015-8615
5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
The hvm_set_callback_via function in arch/x86/hvm/irq.c in Xen 4.6 does not limit the number of printk console messages when logging the new callback method, which allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service via a large number of changes to the callback method (HVM_PARAM_CALLBACK_IRQ).
Published Date
January 8, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory