The do_tmem_get function in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 allow local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (CPU hang and host crash) via unspecified vectors related to a spinlock being held in the "bad_copy error path." NOTE: this issue was originally published as part of CVE-2012-3497, which was too general; CVE-2012-3497 has been SPLIT into this ID and others.
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201604-3 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, the worst of which cause a Denial of Service. Versions less than 4.6.0-r9 are affected.