The vCPU context-switch implementation in Xen through 4.8.x improperly interacts with the Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) and Protection Key (PKU) features, which makes it easier for guest OS users to defeat ASLR and other protection mechanisms, aka XSA-220.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-05T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:50:12.652Z

Reserved: 2017-07-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-10916

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-05T01:29:00.707

Modified: 2017-11-04T01:29:31.880

Link: CVE-2017-10916

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-06-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-10916 - Bugzilla