medium6.3
CVE-2016-1571
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 lo…
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Citrix | Xenserver | through 6.5 |
| Xen | Xen | Versions 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX205496
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034745
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-168.html
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX205496
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034745
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-168.html