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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:34:56 -0500
From: <cve-assign@...re.org>
To: <security@....org>
CC: <cve-assign@...re.org>, <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: Xen Security Advisory 204 - x86: Mishandling of SYSCALL singlestep during emulation

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>                     Xen Security Advisory XSA-204

> Xen wrongly raised the exception based on the flags at the start of
> the instruction.

> Guest userspace which can invoke the instruction emulator can use this
> flaw to escalate its privilege to that of the guest kernel.

> A 64-bit guest kernel which uses an IST for #DB handling will most likely
> mitigate the issue, but will have a single unexpected #DB exception
> frame to deal with. This in practice means that Linux is not
> vulnerable.

Use CVE-2016-10013.

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