The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.2 and icehouse before icehouse-2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by creating and deleting instances with unique os_type settings, which triggers the creation of a new ephemeral disk backing file.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| openstack / nova | 2013.2 | 2013.2.2 |
| openstack / nova | 2014.1-milestone1 | 2014.1-milestone1.x |
| openstack / nova | 2013.1 | 2013.1.5 |