[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#848081: xen: CVE-2016-9932: x86 CMPXCHG8B emulation fails to ignore operand size override

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: xen
Version: 4.4.1-9
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for xen.

CVE-2016-9932[0]:
x86 CMPXCHG8B emulation fails to ignore operand size override

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9932
[1] https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-200.html

Regards,
Salvatore