CVE - CVE-2015-7835

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-7835	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The mod_l2_entry function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 3.4 through 4.6.x does not properly validate level 2 page table entries, which allows local PV guest administrators to gain privileges via a crafted superpage mapping.
References
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BID:77366 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77366 CONFIRM:http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-148.html DEBIAN:DSA-3390 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3390 FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-242be2c240 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171249.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-6f6b79efe2 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171185.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-a931b02be2 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171082.html GENTOO:GLSA-201604-03 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 MISC:https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/QSBs/qsb-022-2015.txt SECTRACK:1034032 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034032 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:1965 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00063.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:2250 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20151014	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20151014)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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