Security Advisory

CVE-2016-6258

8.8
HIGH

Vulnerability Description

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.
Published Date August 2, 2016
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory