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CVE-2019-17347
Published: Oct 8, 2019
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges because a guest can manipulate its virtualised %cr4 in a way that is incompatible with Linux (and possibly other guest kernels).
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-293.html
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https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-293.html
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[oss-security] 20191025 Xen Security Advisory 293 v4 (CVE-2019-17347) - x86: PV kernel context switch corruption
mailing-list
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DSA-4602
vendor-advisory
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20200114 [SECURITY] [DSA 4602-1] xen security update
mailing-list
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