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CVE-2016-1571
Published: Jan 22, 2016
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The paging_invlpg function in include/asm-x86/paging.h in Xen 3.3.x through 4.6.x, when using shadow mode paging or nested virtualization is enabled, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via a non-canonical guest address in an INVVPID instruction, which triggers a hypervisor bug check.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
DSA-3519
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
1034745
vdb-entry
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http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX205496
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-168.html
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