Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 19, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-2271
CVE-2016-2271
Description
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 service (guest crash) via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP.
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Affected products
18- osv-coords15 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/xen&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1
< 4.7.0_12-1.3+ 14 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.0_12-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_02-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_02-22.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.2_06-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.1.6_08-26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_20-24.9
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_02-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_02-22.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.2_06-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_02-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_02-22.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.2_06-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_02-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_02-22.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.2_06-7.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-170.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177990.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178518.htmlnvd
- support.citrix.com/article/CTX209443nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035043nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03nvd
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