Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2014-2580

Description

The netback driver in Xen, when using certain Linux versions that do not allow sleeping in softirq context, allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service ("scheduling while atomic" error and host crash) via a malformed packet, which causes a mutex to be taken when trying to disable the interface.

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Affected products

Xen/Xen2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)

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References

xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-90.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/6nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/8nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/66386nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1029949nvd

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