VYPR
High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 2, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-6258

CVE-2016-6258

Description

The PV pagetable code in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.7.x and earlier allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges by leveraging fast-paths for updating pagetable entries.

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