CVE-2017-10916
N/A
Published: July 5, 2017 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:00 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXen
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
The vCPU context-switch implementation in Xen through 4.8.x improperly interacts with the Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) and Protection Key (PKU) features, which makes it easier for guest OS users to defeat ASLR and other protection mechanisms, aka XSA-220.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-220.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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