CVE-2016-4480

high

Published 2016-05-18 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

8.4

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.4

Description

The guest_walk_tables function in arch/x86/mm/guest_walk.c in Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly handle the Page Size (PS) page table entry bit at the L4 and L3 page table levels, which might allow local guest OS users to gain privileges via a crafted mapping of memory.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

80%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`4.8.0~rc3-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`4.8.0~rc3-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`4.8.0~rc3-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`4.8.0~rc3-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`4.8.0~rc3-1`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.