UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1570

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1570
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1570.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1570
Upstream
Published
2016-01-22T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:34:00.902877Z
Severity
  • 8.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The PV superpage functionality in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 3.4.0, 3.4.1, and 4.1.x through 4.6.x allows local PV guests to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, gain privileges, or have unspecified other impact via a crafted page identifier (MFN) to the (1) MMUEXTMARKSUPER or (2) MMUEXTUNMARKSUPER sub-op in the HYPERVISORmmuextop hypercall or (3) unknown vectors related to page table updates.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xen@4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5

Affected versions

4.*

4.3.0-1ubuntu1
4.3.0-1ubuntu2
4.3.0-1ubuntu3
4.3.0-1ubuntu4
4.3.0-1ubuntu5
4.4.0-0ubuntu3
4.4.0-0ubuntu4
4.4.0-0ubuntu5
4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1
4.4.0-0ubuntu5.2
4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.4
4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.5
4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.6
4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxen-4.4",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxen-4.4-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxen-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxen-ocaml",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxen-ocaml-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxen-ocaml-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxenstore3.0",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxenstore3.0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.1-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.3-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.3-armhf",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.4-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.4-armhf",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-system-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-system-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-system-armhf",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-utils-4.4",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-utils-4.4-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-utils-common",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xenstore-utils",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xenstore-utils-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
        }
    ]
}