CVE-2016-1570: Input Validation
First published: Fri Jan 22 2016(Updated: )
The PV superpage functionality in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 3.4.0, 3.4.1, and 4.1.x through 4.6.x allows local PV guests to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, gain privileges, or have unspecified other impact via a crafted page identifier (MFN) to the (1) MMUEXT_MARK_SUPER or (2) MMUEXT_UNMARK_SUPER sub-op in the HYPERVISOR_mmuext_op hypercall or (3) unknown vectors related to page table updates.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Xen Xen | =3.4.0 | |
| Xen Xen | =3.4.1 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.1.0 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.1.1 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.1.2 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.1.3 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.1.4 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.1.5 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.1.6 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.1.6.1 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.2.0 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.2.1 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.2.2 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.2.3 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.2.4 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.2.5 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.3.0 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.3.1 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.3.2 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.3.3 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.3.4 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.4.0 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.4.0-rc1 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.4.1 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.4.2 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.4.3 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.5.0 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.5.1 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.5.2 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.6.0 |
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Reference Links
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/tags
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/xen
- canonical/xen xen
- version/xen xen/3.4.0
- version/xen xen/3.4.1
- version/xen xen/4.1.0
- version/xen xen/4.1.1
- version/xen xen/4.1.2
- version/xen xen/4.1.3
- version/xen xen/4.1.4
- version/xen xen/4.1.5
- version/xen xen/4.1.6
- version/xen xen/4.1.6.1
- version/xen xen/4.2.0
- version/xen xen/4.2.1
- version/xen xen/4.2.2
- version/xen xen/4.2.3
- version/xen xen/4.2.4
- version/xen xen/4.2.5
- version/xen xen/4.3.0
- version/xen xen/4.3.1
- version/xen xen/4.3.2
- version/xen xen/4.3.3
- version/xen xen/4.3.4
- version/xen xen/4.4.0
- version/xen xen/4.4.0-rc1
- version/xen xen/4.4.1
- version/xen xen/4.4.2
- version/xen xen/4.4.3
- version/xen xen/4.5.0
- version/xen xen/4.5.1
- version/xen xen/4.5.2
- version/xen xen/4.6.0