Code Affecting xen package, versions [3.3.0,4.6.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383897
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed22 Jan 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Jan 2016

CVE-2016-1571  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-17  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for xen.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Code. The paging_invlpg function in include/asm-x86/paging.h in Xen 3.3.x through 4.6.x, when using shadow mode paging or nested virtualization is enabled, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via a non-canonical guest address in an INVVPID instruction, which triggers a hypervisor bug check.

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