The guest_walk_tables function in arch/x86/mm/guest_walk.c in Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly handle the Page Size (PS) page table entry bit at the L4 and L3 page table levels, which might allow local guest OS users to gain privileges via a crafted mapping of memory.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-571-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3633-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5467 The guest_walk_tables function in arch/x86/mm/guest_walk.c in Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly handle the Page Size (PS) page table entry bit at the L4 and L3 page table levels, which might allow local guest OS users to gain privileges via a crafted mapping of memory.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.530Z

Reserved: 2016-05-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4480

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-18T14:59:05.413

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

Link: CVE-2016-4480

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4480 - Bugzilla

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