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CVE-2016-7092

Published: Sep 21, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.2
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6 IMPORTANT
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
8.5 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7092
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

The get_page_from_l3e function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges via vectors related to L3 recursive pagetables.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Xen Xen - (including) - (including)
Xen Ubuntu devel *
Xen Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Xen Ubuntu precise *
Xen Ubuntu trusty *
Xen Ubuntu upstream *
Xen Ubuntu xenial *

References

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