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FreeBSD: VID-3AE078CA-C7EB-11E6-AE1B-002590263BF5 (CVE-2016-10024): xen-kernel -- x86 PV guests may be able to mask interrupts

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FreeBSD: VID-3AE078CA-C7EB-11E6-AE1B-002590263BF5 (CVE-2016-10024): xen-kernel -- x86 PV guests may be able to mask interrupts

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/21/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/22/2016
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

Xen through 4.8.x allows local x86 PV guest OS kernel administrators to cause a denial of service (host hang or crash) by modifying the instruction stream asynchronously while performing certain kernel operations.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-xen-kernel

References

  • DLA-783-1
  • DSA-3847
  • CVE-2016-10024

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