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FreeBSD: VID-4BF57137-BA4D-11E6-AE1B-002590263BF5 (CVE-2016-7154): xen-kernel -- use after free in FIFO event channel code

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FreeBSD: VID-4BF57137-BA4D-11E6-AE1B-002590263BF5 (CVE-2016-7154): xen-kernel -- use after free in FIFO event channel code

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/08/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/04/2016
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the FIFO event channel code in Xen 4.4.x allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information via an invalid guest frame number.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-xen-kernel

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