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CVE-2014-2580
The netback driver in Xen, when using certain Linux versions that do not allow sleeping in softirq context, allows local guest…
Medium4.4EPSS 0.34%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-90.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140324 Re: Xen Security Advisory 90 - Linux netback crash trying to disable due to malformed packet (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 66386 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140324 Xen Security Advisory 90 - Linux netback crash trying to disable due to malformed packet (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1029949 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
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