CVE-2016-6259
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-08-02 16:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:22
Severity ?
Summary
Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x do not implement Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) whitelisting in 32-bit exception and event delivery, which allows local 32-bit PV guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (hypervisor and VM crash) by triggering a safety check.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.citrix.com/article/CTX214954Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92130Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036447Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-183.htmlMailing List, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa183-4.6.patchMitigation, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa183-unstable.patchMitigation, Patch
Impacted products
n/an/a
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