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CVE-2016-7092

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The get_page_from_l3e function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges via vectors related to L3 recursive pagetables.

Affected products

• xen: all versions

References

• http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216071
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3663
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92862
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036751
• http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-185.html
• http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa185.patch
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-09
• http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216071
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3663
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92862

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