The x86_emulate function in arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier does not properly check supervisor mode permissions, which allows local HVM users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) or gain guest kernel mode privileges via vectors involving an (1) HLT, (2) LGDT, (3) LIDT, or (4) LMSW instruction.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-10-02T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T12:40:19.135Z

Reserved: 2014-09-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-7155

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-10-02T14:55:05.120

Modified: 2018-10-30T16:27:34.687

Link: CVE-2014-7155

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-7155 - Bugzilla