Xen 4.0 through 4.3.x, when using AVX or LWP capable CPUs, does not
properly clear previous data from registers when using an XSAVE or XRSTOR
to extend the state components of a saved or restored vCPU after touching
other restored extended registers, which allows local guest OSes to obtain
sensitive information by reading the registers.
Author | Note |
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seth-arnold | Problem can be mitigated with the “no-xsave” hypervisor command line option, which should be the default in 12.04 LTS and 12.10. |
mdeslaur | This is XSA-62 |