CVE - CVE-2016-6259

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-6259	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x do not implement Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) whitelisting in 32-bit exception and event delivery, which allows local 32-bit PV guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (hypervisor and VM crash) by triggering a safety check.
References
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BID:92130 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92130 CONFIRM:http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX214954 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-183.html CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa183-4.6.patch CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa183-unstable.patch SECTRACK:1036447 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036447
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20160720	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 (20160720)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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