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CVE-2016-6259
Published: Aug 2, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
92130
vdb-entry
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http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX214954
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1036447
vdb-entry
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http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa183-unstable.patch
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http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-183.html
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http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa183-4.6.patch
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