CVE-2016-2271

CVE-2016-2271 affects Xen VMX on Xen 4.6.x and earlier when running on an Intel or Cyrix CPU. Local HVM guests can trigger a denial of service (guest crash) via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP. Impact is limited to the guest (not the host) per the description; no public patch/version is sp...

CVE-2016-2271

VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service guest crash via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP...

VMX: guest user mode may crash guest with non-canonical RIP

ISSUE DESCRIPTION VMX refuses attempts to enter a guest with an instruction pointer which doesn't satisfy certain requirements. In particular, the instruction pointer needs to be canonical when entering a guest currently in 64-bit mode. This is the case even if the VM entry information specifies ...

xen-kernel -- VMX: guest user mode may crash guest with non-canonical RIP

The Xen Project reports: VMX refuses attempts to enter a guest with an instruction pointer which doesn't satisfy certain requirements. In particular, the instruction pointer needs to be canonical when entering a guest currently in 64-bit mode. This is the case even if the VM entry information...

CVE-2016-1571

The paginginvlpg function in include/asm-x86/paging.h in Xen 3.3.x through 4.6.x, when using shadow mode paging or nested virtualization is enabled, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service host crash via a non-canonical guest address in an INVVPID instruction, which triggers a...

CVE-2016-1571

The paginginvlpg function in include/asm-x86/paging.h in Xen 3.3.x through 4.6.x, when using shadow mode paging or nested virtualization is enabled, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service host crash via a non-canonical guest address in an INVVPID instruction, which triggers a...

CVE-2016-1571

CVE-2016-1571 affects Xen 3.3.x–4.6.x. When shadow paging or nested virtualization is enabled, a local HVM guest can trigger the hypervisor bug check via a non-canonical guest address in an INVVPID instruction, causing a host crash (DoS). The description does not specify a vendor patch or fixed v...

VMX: intercept issue with INVLPG on non-canonical address

ISSUE DESCRIPTION While INVLPG does not cause a General Protection Fault when used on a non-canonical address, INVVPID in its "individual address" variant, which is used to back the intercepted INVLPG in certain cases, fails in such cases. Failure of INVVPID results in a hypervisor bug check...

Xen Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-00238)

Xen is a virtualization technology developed by the University of Cambridge that can be used in the Linux kernel, allowing multiple operating systems to run simultaneously. A denial of service vulnerability exists in Xen 4.6 that allows local attackers to cause a denial of service via a heavily...

CVE-2015-8615

The hvmsetcallbackvia function in arch/x86/hvm/irq.c in Xen 4.6 does not limit the number of printk console messages when logging the new callback method, which allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service via a large number of changes to the callback method HVMPARAMCALLBACKIRQ...

Design/Logic Flaw

The hvmsetcallbackvia function in arch/x86/hvm/irq.c in Xen 4.6 does not limit the number of printk console messages when logging the new callback method, which allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service via a large number of changes to the callback method HVMPARAMCALLBACKIRQ...

FreeBSD : xen-kernel -- ioreq handling possibly susceptible to multiple read issue (6aa2d135-b40e-11e5-9728-002590263bf5)

The Xen Project reports : Single memory accesses in source code can be translated to multiple ones in machine code by the compiler, requiring special caution when accessing shared memory. Such precaution was missing from the hypervisor code inspecting the state of I/O requests sent to the device...

Xen 'hvm/irq.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

Xen is an open source virtual machine monitor product developed at the University of Cambridge, UK. The product enables different and incompatible operating systems to run on the same computer and supports runtime migration to ensure uptime and avoid downtime. A denial of service vulnerability...

ioreq handling possibly susceptible to multiple read issue

ISSUE DESCRIPTION Single memory accesses in source code can be translated to multiple ones in machine code by the compiler, requiring special caution when accessing shared memory. Such precaution was missing from the hypervisor code inspecting the state of I/O requests sent to the device model fo...

Citrix XenServer Security Update for CVE-2015-5307 and CVE-2015-8104 (CTX202583)

A security vulnerability has been identified in Citrix XenServer that may allow a malicious administrator of an HVM guest VM to crash the host. This vulnerability affects all currently supported versions of Citrix XenServer up to and including Citrix XenServer 6.5 Service Pack 1...

WITHDRAWN: missing XSETBV intercept privilege check on AMD SVM

ISSUE DESCRIPTION NOTE: This advisory has been withdrawn XSETBV is a privileged instruction, i.e. should result in GP when issued by code running at other than the most privileged level CPL 0. Unlike other privileged and intercepted instructions in AMD SVM, XSETBV has the privilege level check do...

FreeBSD : xen-kernel -- Long latency populate-on-demand operation is not preemptible (83350009-881e-11e5-ab94-002590263bf5)

The Xen Project reports : When running an HVM domain in Populate-on-Demand mode, Xen would sometimes search the domain for memory to reclaim, in response to demands for population of other pages in the same domain. This search runs without preemption. The guest can, by suitable arrangement of its...

x86: CPU lockup during exception delivery

ISSUE DESCRIPTION When a benign exception occurs while delivering another benign exception, it is architecturally specified that these would be delivered sequentially. There are, however, cases where this results in an infinite loop inside the CPU, which in the virtualized case can be broken only...

xen-kernel -- CPU lockup during exception delivery

The Xen Project reports: A malicious HVM guest administrator can cause a denial of service. Specifically, prevent use of a physical CPU for a significant, perhaps indefinite period. If a host watchdog Xen or dom0 is in use, this can lead to a watchdog timeout and consequently a reboot of the host...

Xen Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2015-07433)

Xen is an open source virtual machine monitor product. Xen has a security vulnerability that allows an attacker with HVM virtual machine access to crash the system and perform denial of service attacks...