Description
The Intel VT-d Interrupt Remapping engine in Xen 3.3.x through 4.3.x allows local guests to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a malformed Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) from a PCI device that is bus mastering capable that triggers a System Error Reporting (SERR) Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI).
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | xen | 4.4.1-3 | — |
| Debian 13 | xen | 4.4.1-3 | — |
| Debian 12 | xen | 4.4.1-3 | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | xen | 4.7.0_12-1.3 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1 xen-4.7.0_12-1.3 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2025
References
- 1028931 vdb-entry
- GLSA-201504-04 vendor-advisory
- 96438 vdb-entry
- 54341 third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20130820 Xen Security Advisory 59 (CVE-2013-3495) - Intel VT-d Interrupt Remapping engines can be evaded by native NMI interrupts mailing-list
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0226 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0256 vendor-advisory
- 61854 vdb-entry