Candidate: CVE-2016-6258
PublicDate: 2016-08-02 16:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6258
 http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-182.html
Description:
 The PV pagetable code in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.7.x and earlier allows
 local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges by
 leveraging fast-paths for updating pagetable entries.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
Bugs:
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen/+bug/1606847
Priority: medium
Discovered-by: Jérémie Boutoille
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H [8.8 HIGH]

Patches_xen:
Tags_xen: universe-binary
upstream_xen: needs-triage
precise_xen: released (4.1.6.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.12)
trusty_xen: released (4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.7)
trusty/esm_xen: DNE (trusty was released [4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.7])
vivid/ubuntu-core_xen: DNE
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_xen: DNE
wily_xen: ignored (reached end-of-life)
xenial_xen: released (4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2)
esm-infra/xenial_xen: released (4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2)
devel_xen: released (4.7.0-0ubuntu2)