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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-27674: Out-of-bounds Write

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 22, 2020
Added
Mar 26, 2024
Modified
Jun 18, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges by modifying kernel memory contents, because invalidation of TLB entries is mishandled during use of an INVLPG-like attack technique.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-xen
Title
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