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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-7092: Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Sep 21, 2016

Added

Oct 30, 2017

Modified

Mar 31, 2026

Description

The get_page_from_l3e function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges via vectors related to L3 recursive pagetables.

Solutions

gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-xengentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-xen-tools

References

CVE-2016-7092
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-7092
DISA_SEVERITY-Category I
EUVD-EUVD-2016-7972
GENTOO-201611-09
IAVM-2016-B-0140
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-7972

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