vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-27674: Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 22, 2020
Added
Nov 12, 2020
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges by modifying kernel memory contents, because invalidation of TLB entries is mishandled during use of an INVLPG-like attack technique.

Solutions

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