| Name | CVE-2014-2986 |
| Description | The vgic_distr_mmio_write function in the virtual guest interrupt controller (GIC) distributor (arch/arm/vgic.c) in Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host crash) via unspecified vectors. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xen (PTS) | bullseye | 4.14.6-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 4.14.5+94-ge49571868d-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 4.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| xen | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- xen <not-affected> (Only 32-bit and 64-bit ARM systems are vulnerable from Xen 4.4 onwards)