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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-28700: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-28700: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/27/2021
Created
04/09/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

xen/arm: No memory limit for dom0less domUs The dom0less feature allows an administrator to create multiple unprivileged domains directly from Xen. Unfortunately, the memory limit from them is not set. This allow a domain to allocate memory beyond what an administrator originally configured.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-xen

References

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