CVE-2017-10916 (GCVE-0-2017-10916)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-07-05 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:50
VLAI?
Summary
The vCPU context-switch implementation in Xen through 4.8.x improperly interacts with the Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) and Protection Key (PKU) features, which makes it easier for guest OS users to defeat ASLR and other protection mechanisms, aka XSA-220.
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CWE
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References
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-220.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038730 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99167 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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