CVE-2021-28712
xen: rogue backends can cause DoS of guests via high frequency events
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · December 20, 2021
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
A denial of service flaw for virtual machine guests in the Linux kernel's Xen hypervisor subsystem was found in the way users call some interrupts with high frequency from one of the guests. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation baser or stability. The possible solution is to disable Bluetooth completely: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2682931
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6.2CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption