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.
Related bugs and status
CVE-2016-2271 (Candidate) is related to these bugs:
Bug #1564909: CVE-2016-2270 / XSA-154
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1564909 | CVE-2016-2270 / XSA-154 | xen (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1564914: CVE-2016-1570 / XSA-167
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1564914 | CVE-2016-1570 / XSA-167 | xen (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1564915: CVE-2016-1571 / XSA-168
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1564915 | CVE-2016-1571 / XSA-168 | xen (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1564916: CVE-2016-2271 / XSA-170
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1564916 | CVE-2016-2271 / XSA-170 | xen (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1671760: Xen HVM guests running linux 4.10 fail to boot on Intel hosts
Bug #1671864: Xen stable update to 4.6.5
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1671864 | Xen stable update to 4.6.5 | xen (Ubuntu) | Medium | Invalid | ||
| 1671864 | Xen stable update to 4.6.5 | xen (Ubuntu Xenial) | Medium | Fix Released | ||
See the 
CVE page on Mitre.org
for more details.
