CVE-2016-1571

MediumCVSS 6.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The paging_invlpg function in include/asm-x86/paging.h in Xen 3.3.x through 4.6.x, when using shadow mode paging or nested virtualization is enabled, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via a non-canonical guest address in an INVVPID instruction, which triggers a hypervisor bug check.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-17

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jan 22, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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