CVE-2015-4105
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-130.html
Guest triggerable qemu MSI-X pass-through error messages
Device model code dealing with guest PCI MSI-X interrupt management activities logs messages on certain (supposedly) invalid guest operations.
logic error
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa130-qemut.patch
xen/MSI-X: disable logging by default
… to avoid allowing the guest to cause the control domain’s disk to fill.
--- a/hw/pass-through.h
+++ b/hw/pass-through.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
#include "qemu-timer.h"
/* Log acesss */
-#define PT_LOGGING_ENABLED
+/* #define PT_LOGGING_ENABLED */
/* Print errors even if logging is disabled */
#define PT_ERR(_f, _a...) fprintf(logfile, "%s: " _f, __func__, ##_a)
A buggy or malicious guest repeatedly invoking such operations may result in the host disk to fill up, possibly leading to a Denial of Service.
DoS