cve-2017-10916
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-07-05 01:00
Modified
2024-08-05 17:50
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99167
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038730
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03
cve@mitre.orghttps://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-220.htmlMailing List, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99167
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038730
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-220.htmlMailing List, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
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