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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
    0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE320-XEN-7012775
  • published 23 May 2024
  • disclosed 26 Jan 2017
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Introduced: 26 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-10025 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 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:3.20 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.