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CVE-2016-4480

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Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published5/18/2016

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

oracle:vm_serverxen:xen

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3633(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90710(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035901(cve@mitre.org)

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-176.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3633(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90710(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035901(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-176.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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