CVE-2016-6259 Information

Description

Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x do not implement Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) whitelisting in 32-bit exception and event delivery which allows local 32-bit PV guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (hypervisor and VM crash) by triggering a safety check.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX214954 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92130 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036447 http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-183.html http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa183-4.6.patch http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa183-unstable.patch

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.2