The get_page_from_l3e function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges via vectors related to L3 recursive pagetables.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-614-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3663-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7972 The get_page_from_l3e function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges via vectors related to L3 recursive pagetables.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:50:47.440Z

Reserved: 2016-08-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-7092

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-09-21T14:25:22.707

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

Link: CVE-2016-7092

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-09-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7092 - Bugzilla

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