CVE-2016-7777

xen: CR0.TS and CR0.EM not always honored for x86 HVM guests (XSA-190)

Published Oct 7, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 6.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Xen 4.7.x and earlier does not properly honor CR0.TS and CR0.EM, which allows local x86 HVM guest OS users to read or modify FPU, MMX, or XMM register state information belonging to arbitrary tasks on the guest by modifying an instruction while the hypervisor is preparing to emulate it.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-699-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3729-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8627 Xen 4.7.x and earlier does not properly honor CR0.TS and CR0.EM, which allows local x86 HVM guest OS users to read or modify FPU, MMX, or XMM register state information belonging to arbitrary tasks on the guest by modifying an instruction while the hypervisor is preparing to emulate it.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 2:04 AM
Reserved
Sep 9, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 7, 2016, 2:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:53 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 4, 2016, 12:00 AM