Servers and applications
CVE-2020-15566
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.13.x, allowing guest OS users to cause a host OS crash because of incorrect error handling in event-channel port allocation. The allocation of an event-channel port may fail for multiple reasons: (1) port is already in use, (2) the memory allocation failed, or (3) the port we try to allocate is higher than what is supported by the ABI (e.g., 2L or FIFO)…
- Severity
- Medium 6.5
- Published
- 7 Jul 2020
- Last changed
- 17 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 1 Nov 2026
- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
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XenServers and applications · cpe:o:xen:xen |
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