Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 13, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-3131
CVE-2011-3131
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.
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References
7- xenbits.xen.org/hg/staging/xen-4.1-testing.hg/rev/84e3706df07anvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/45622nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/51468nvdVendor Advisory
- old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-06/msg01106.htmlnvd
- old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-08/msg00450.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/49146nvd
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