cve-2016-3157
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-04-12 16:00
Modified
2024-08-05 23:47
Severity ?
Summary
The __switch_to function in arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c in the Linux kernel does not properly context-switch IOPL on 64-bit PV Xen guests, which allows local guest OS users to gain privileges, cause a denial of service (guest OS crash), or obtain sensitive information by leveraging I/O port access.
Impacted products
n/an/a
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