Xen 3.1 through 4.x, when running 64-bit hosts on Intel CPUs, does not clear the NT flag when using an IRET after a SYSENTER instruction, which allows PV guest users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) by triggering a #GP fault, which is not properly handled by another IRET instruction.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2013-05-13T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:20:37.316Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-1917

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-05-13T23:55:01.757

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:50:40.357

Link: CVE-2013-1917

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2013-04-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-1917 - Bugzilla