vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-3158): xen vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Apr 13, 2016 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 19, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Apr 13, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025
Description
The xrstor function in arch/x86/xstate.c in Xen 4.x does not properly handle writes to the hardware FSW.ES bit when running on AMD64 processors, which allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive register content information from another guest by leveraging pending exception and mask bits. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-2076.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-xen
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