Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes the following issues: - A Mishandling of SYSCALL singlestep during emulation which could have lead to privilege escalation. (XSA-204, bsc#1016340, CVE-2016-10013) - CMPXCHG8B emulation failed to ignore operand size override which could have lead to information disclosure. (XSA-200, bsc#1012651, CVE-2016-9932) - PV guests may have been able to mask interrupts causing a Denial of Service. (XSA-202, bsc#1014298, CVE-2016-10024) - A missing NULL pointer check in VMFUNC emulation could lead to a hypervisor crash leading to a Denial of Servce. (XSA-203, bsc#1014300, CVE-2016-10025)
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
This update for xen fixes the following issues: - A Mishandling of SYSCALL singlestep during emulation which could have lead to privilege escalation. (XSA-204, bsc#1016340, CVE-2016-10013) - CMPXCHG8B emulation failed to ignore operand size override which could have lead to information disclosure. (XSA-200, bsc#1012651, CVE-2016-9932) - PV guests may have been able to mask interrupts causing a Denial of Service. (XSA-202, bsc#1014298, CVE-2016-10024) - A missing NULL pointer check in VMFUNC emulation could lead to a hypervisor crash leading to a Denial of Servce. (XSA-203, bsc#1014300, CVE-2016-10025)
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012651
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1014298
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1014300
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1016340
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10013
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10024
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10025
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9932
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20163208-1/