SUSE CVE-2014-7156

The x86emulate function in arch/x86/x86emulate/x86emulate.c in Xen 3.3.x through 4.4.x does not check the supervisor mode permissions for instructions that generate software interrupts, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service guest crash via unspecified vectors...

Major OS Players Misinterpret Intel Docs, and Now Kernels Can Be Hijacked

Multiple operating system vendors issued coordinated patches this week to address a common vulnerability across their platforms, which was introduced thanks to widespread misinterpretation of Intel developer documentation. According to the CERT/CC team, most major players including Apple, FreeBSD...