CVE-2016-1571
MEDIUM6.3EPSS 0.30%Published: 1/22/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1571
Description
The paging_invlpg function in include/asm-x86/paging.h in Xen 3.3.x through 4.6.x, when using shadow mode paging or nested virtualization is enabled, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via a non-canonical guest address in an INVVPID instruction, which triggers a hypervisor bug check.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/xenfrom 0, < 4.8.0~rc3-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |