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CVE-2016-5242

The p2m_teardown function in arch/arm/p2m.c in Xen 4.4.x through 4.6.x allows local guest OS users with access to the driver domain to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by creating concurrent domains and holding references to them, related to VMID exhaustion.

  • Published: Jun 7, 2016
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-5242
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.7
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.