CVE-2013-4553

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4553
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-12-24 19:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not always obtain the page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host deadlock).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.2 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS: 0.003280000 probability, percentile 0.557460000 (date 2026-04-30)

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Xen Xen 3.4.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.4.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.4.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.4.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.4.4 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.4 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.4 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.5 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.6.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.2.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.2.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.2.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.2.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.3.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.3.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0446-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0372-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 74 (CVE-2013-4553) - Lock order reversal between page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Xen: Multiple Vunlerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
openSUSE-SU-2013:1876-1: moderate: xen: security and bugfix update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3006-1 xen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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