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Critical DLA-479-1 19 CVEs

xen - security update

Published May 18, 2016 · Updated Mar 9, 2026

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Debian · 7 xen 4.1.6.1-1+deb7u1

Vulnerabilities 19

  • Critical 10.0

    The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to cause a deni…

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    The XEN_DOMCTL_memory_mapping hypercall in Xen 3.2.x through 4.5.x, when using a PCI passthrough device, is not preempt…

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    QEMU, as used in Xen 3.3.x through 4.5.x, does not properly restrict access to PCI command registers, which might allow…

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    CVE-2015-5165 EPSS 13%

    The C+ mode offload emulation in the RTL8139 network card device model in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier, allow…

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    The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to cause a deni…

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    Multiple memory leaks in Xen 4.0 through 4.6.x allow local guest administrators or domains with certain permission to c…

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    The p2m_pod_emergency_sweep function in arch/x86/mm/p2m-pod.c in Xen 3.4.x, 3.5.x, and 3.6.x is not preemptible, which …

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    Xen 3.2.x through 4.6.x does not limit the number of printk console messages when logging certain pmu and profiling hyp…

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    The (1) libxl_set_memory_target function in tools/libxl/libxl.c and (2) libxl__build_post function in tools/libxl/libxl…

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    The memory_exchange function in common/memory.c in Xen 3.2.x through 4.6.x does not properly hand back pages to a domai…

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    The memory_exchange function in common/memory.c in Xen 3.2.x through 4.6.x does not properly release locks, which might…

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    CVE-2015-8550 Public exploit

    Xen, when used on a system providing PV backends, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (ho…

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    Buffer overflow in hw/pt-msi.c in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using the qemu-xen-traditional (aka qemu-dm) device model…

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    Xen 4.6.x, 4.5.x, 4.4.x, 4.3.x, and earlier do not initialize x86 FPU stack and XMM registers when XSAVE/XRSTOR are not…

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    The hvm_set_callback_via function in arch/x86/hvm/irq.c in Xen 4.6 does not limit the number of printk console messages…

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    The PV superpage functionality in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 3.4.0, 3.4.1, and 4.1.x through 4.6.x allows local PV guests to …

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    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 nes…

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    Xen 4.6.x and earlier allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host reboot) via vectors related …

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    VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of servi…