Detections
Analytics
CVE-2016-4480
high
Description
The guest_walk_tables function in arch/x86/mm/guest_walk.c in Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly handle the Page Size (PS) page table entry bit at the L4 and L3 page table levels, which might allow local guest OS users to gain privileges via a crafted mapping of memory.
References
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-176.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035901
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90710
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html