Xen 4.0.x through 4.7.x mishandle x86 task switches to VM86 mode, which allows local 32-bit x86 HVM guest OS users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by leveraging a guest operating system that uses hardware task switching and allows a new task to start in VM86 mode.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-23T21:00:00

Updated: 2017-06-30T16:57:01

Reserved: 2016-11-17T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2016-9382

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-23T21:59:02.830

Modified: 2017-07-01T01:30:12.890


Link: CVE-2016-9382

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