vulnerability
FreeBSD: xen-kernel -- x86: Privilege escalation in PV guests (CVE-2016-6258)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 2, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 | Oct 30, 2017 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 2, 2016
Added
Aug 3, 2016
Modified
Oct 30, 2017
Description
The PV pagetable code in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.7.x and earlier allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges by leveraging fast-paths for updating pagetable entries.
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-xen-kernel
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