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CVE-2016-6258
Published: Aug 2, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The PV pagetable code in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.7.x and earlier allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges by leveraging fast-paths for updating pagetable entries.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-182.html
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http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa182-4.6.patch
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http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX214954
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GLSA-201611-09
vendor-advisory
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http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa182-unstable.patch
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http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa182-4.5.patch
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DSA-3633
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
1036446
vdb-entry
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92131
vdb-entry
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