CVE-2016-2271

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xen versions 4.6.x and earlier

Description The issue is related to errors in pointer dereferencing in the VMX component of the Xen hypervisor. It can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service, specifically a guest crash, through vectors related to a non-canonical RIP. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not available.

Recommendations For Xen versions 4.6.x and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.