{"id":"CVE-2015-7972","details":"The (1) libxl_set_memory_target function in tools/libxl/libxl.c and (2) libxl__build_post function in tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c in Xen 3.4.x through 4.6.x do not properly calculate the balloon size when using the populate-on-demand (PoD) system, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors related to \"heavy memory pressure.\"","modified":"2026-04-16T01:38:22.876102572Z","published":"2015-10-30T15:59:09Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:15:10.434365Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2015:2306-1","SUSE-SU-2015:2326-1","SUSE-SU-2015:2328-1","SUSE-SU-2015:2338-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-153.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171082.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171185.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171249.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00063.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77365"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034036"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}