Access Restriction Bypass Affecting xen package, versions [,4.6.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.92% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383702
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 May 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 May 2016

CVE-2016-4480  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade xen to version 4.6.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. The guest_walk_tables function in arch/x86/mm/guest_walk.c in Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly handle the Page Size (PS) page table entry bit at the L4 and L3 page table levels, which might allow local guest OS users to gain privileges via a crafted mapping of memory.

CVSS Scores

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