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CVE-2016-1571

Published: Jan 22, 2016 | Modified: Oct 30, 2018
CVSS 3.x
6.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.7 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.3 IMPORTANT
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1571
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/17.html

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Xenserver Citrix * 6.5 (including)
Xen Ubuntu devel *
Xen Ubuntu precise *
Xen Ubuntu trusty *
Xen Ubuntu upstream *
Xen Ubuntu vivid *
Xen Ubuntu wily *

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