The x86_emulate function in arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c in Xen 3.3.x through 4.4.x does not check the supervisor mode permissions for instructions that generate software interrupts, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors.
                
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| References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140418.html - | |
| References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140483.html - | |
| References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00002.html - | |
| References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00003.html - | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/61500 - | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/61858 - | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/61890 - | |
| References | () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-42.xml - | |
| References | () http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200218 - | |
| References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3041 - | |
| References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70062 - | |
| References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030889 - | |
| References | () http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-106.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory | 
Information
                Published : 2014-10-02 14:55
Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46
NVD link : CVE-2014-7156
Mitre link : CVE-2014-7156
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-7156
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Products Affected
                xen
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CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-264
                        
            Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
