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CVE-2015-8552

The PCI backend driver in Xen, when running on an x86 system and using Linux 3.1.x through 4.3.x as the driver domain, allows local guest administrators to generate a continuous stream of WARN messages and cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by leveraging a system with access to a passed-through MSI or MSI-X capable physical PCI device and XEN_PCI_OP_enable_msi operations, aka "Linux…

Severity
Medium 4.4
Published
13 Apr 2016
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
0.4% in the next 30 daysHigher than 39% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 11 Nov 2026
Weakness
Improper input validation (CWE-20)
Attack
Needs local access · Needs an administrator account · No user action needed
Attacker can
Take it down
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Sources
NVD

Description

The PCI backend driver in Xen, when running on an x86 system and using Linux 3.1.x through 4.3.x as the driver domain, allows local guest administrators to generate a continuous stream of WARN messages and cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by leveraging a system with access to a passed-through MSI or MSI-X capable physical PCI device and XEN_PCI_OP_enable_msi operations, aka "Linux pciback missing sanity checks."

From NVD.

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
XenServers and applications · cpe:o:xen:xen
  • Version 4.3.4
  • Version 4.3.3
  • Version 4.3.2
  • Version 4.3.1
All 38 release lines
  • Version 3.1.3
  • Version 3.1.4
  • Version 3.2.0
  • Version 3.2.1
  • Version 3.2.2
  • Version 3.2.3
  • Version 3.3.0
  • Version 3.3.1
  • Version 3.3.2
  • Version 3.4.0
  • Version 3.4.1
  • Version 3.4.2
  • Version 3.4.3
  • Version 3.4.4
  • Version 4.0.0
  • Version 4.0.1
  • Version 4.0.2
  • Version 4.0.3
  • Version 4.0.4
  • Version 4.1.0
  • Version 4.1.1
  • Version 4.1.2
  • Version 4.1.3
  • Version 4.1.4
  • Version 4.1.5
  • Version 4.1.6
  • Version 4.1.6.1
  • Version 4.2.0
  • Version 4.2.1
  • Version 4.2.2
  • Version 4.2.3
  • Version 4.2.4
  • Version 4.2.5
  • Version 4.3.0
  • Version 4.3.1
  • Version 4.3.2
  • Version 4.3.3
  • Version 4.3.4

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8552
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8552