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CVE-2016-2271

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2016-02-28 xen-kernel -- VMX: guest user mode may crash guest with non-canonical RIP

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2016-2271
Phase Assigned(20160209)

Description

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.

References

Source Reference
CONFIRM http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-170.html