Access Restriction Bypass Affecting xen package, versions [,4.0.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383868
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed12 Apr 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-3157  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for xen.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. The __switch_to function in arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c in the Linux kernel does not properly context-switch IOPL on 64-bit PV Xen guests, which allows local guest OS users to gain privileges, cause a denial of service (guest OS crash), or obtain sensitive information by leveraging I/O port access.

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