CVE-2016-6258 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.11% · 29.7th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.11%
29.7th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSxen0, 4.5.1-0ubuntu1, 4.5.1-0ubuntu2
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSxen4.4.0-0ubuntu4, 4.4.0-0ubuntu5, 4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1

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