vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-9378: Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 22, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems without the NRip feature, when emulating instructions that generate software interrupts, allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by leveraging an incorrect choice for software interrupt delivery.

Solutions

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