VDB
GHSA-prj4-495w-f4qv
GHSA-prj4-495w-f4qv
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.199999809265137 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022
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.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
6.199999809265137
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 17, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX214954 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92130 url
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036447 url
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-183.html url
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa183-unstable.patch url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6259 advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa183-4.6.patch url