The fpu_fxrstor function in arch/x86/i387.c in Xen 4.x does not properly handle writes to the hardware FSW.ES bit when running on AMD64 processors, which allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive register content information from another guest by leveraging pending exception and mask bits. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-2076.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-571-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3554-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-4211 The fpu_fxrstor function in arch/x86/i387.c in Xen 4.x does not properly handle writes to the hardware FSW.ES bit when running on AMD64 processors, which allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive register content information from another guest by leveraging pending exception and mask bits. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-2076.
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{'score': 0.0005}

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{'score': 0.00044}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:47:57.465Z

Reserved: 2016-03-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-3159

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-04-13T16:59:19.507

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-3159

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3159 - Bugzilla

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