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CVE-2017-10916

CVE-2017-10916

EPSS 1.3%
The vCPU context-switch implementation in Xen through 4.8.x improperly interacts with the Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) and Protection Key (PKU) features, which makes it easier for guest OS users to defeat ASLR and other protection mechanisms, aka XSA-220.
Affected products
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References
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-220.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99167http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038730