NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting xen package, versions <4.7.1-r4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE319-XEN-6109840
  • published8 Dec 2023
  • disclosed26 Jan 2017

Introduced: 26 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-10025  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.19 xen to version 4.7.1-r4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xen package and not the xen package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.19 relevant fixed versions and status.

VMFUNC emulation in Xen 4.6.x through 4.8.x on x86 systems using AMD virtualization extensions (aka SVM) allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) by leveraging a missing NULL pointer check.