CVE-2016-6259
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-08-02 16:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:22
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
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
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