CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-4480

Published: May 18, 2016 | Modified: Dec 01, 2016
CVSS 3.x
8.4
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The guest_walk_tables function in arch/x86/mm/guest_walk.c in Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly handle the Page Size (PS) page table entry bit at the L4 and L3 page table levels, which might allow local guest OS users to gain privileges via a crafted mapping of memory.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Vm_server Oracle 3.2 (including) 3.2 (including)
Vm_server Oracle 3.3 (including) 3.3 (including)
Vm_server Oracle 3.4 (including) 3.4 (including)

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