The PV pagetable code in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.7.x and earlier allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges by leveraging fast-paths for updating pagetable entries.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-08-02T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:22:20.664Z

Reserved: 2016-07-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6258

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-08-02T16:59:08.133

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:55:45.780

Link: CVE-2016-6258

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-07-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6258 - Bugzilla