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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-9378): xen vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 22, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 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.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-xen
Title
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