CVE 2016-9377
Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems without the NRip feature, when emulating instructions that generate software interrupts, allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by leveraging IDT entry miscalculation.
Related bugs and status
CVE-2016-9377 (Candidate) is related to these bugs:
Bug #1396670: gdbsx missing
Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
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1396670 | gdbsx missing | xen (Ubuntu) | Medium | Fix Released | ||
1396670 | gdbsx missing | xen (Ubuntu Yakkety) | Medium | 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 | |||
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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 |
Bug #1672767: Xen stable update to 4.7.2
Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
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1672767 | Xen stable update to 4.7.2 | xen (Ubuntu) | Medium | Invalid | ||
1672767 | Xen stable update to 4.7.2 | xen (Ubuntu Yakkety) | Medium | Fix Released |
See the
CVE page on Mitre.org
for more details.