Access Restriction Bypass Affecting xen package, versions <4.4.1-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-XEN-515793
  • published2 Oct 2014
  • disclosed2 Oct 2014

Introduced: 2 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-7155  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 xen to version 4.4.1-3 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The x86_emulate function in arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier does not properly check supervisor mode permissions, which allows local HVM users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) or gain guest kernel mode privileges via vectors involving an (1) HLT, (2) LGDT, (3) LIDT, or (4) LMSW instruction.

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