PT-2021-7322
CVE-2021-4147
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Published
2017-01-28
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Updated
2026-08-19
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
libvirt (affected versions not specified)
Description
A flaw was found in the libvirt libxl driver, allowing a malicious guest to continuously reboot itself and cause libvirtd on the host to deadlock or crash, resulting in a denial of service condition. The issue is related to insufficient locking in the library.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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