The fpu_fxrstor function in arch/x86/i387.c in Xen 4.x does not properly handle writes to the hardware FSW.ES bit when running on AMD64 processors, which allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive register content information from another guest by leveraging pending exception and mask bits.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-2076.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2016-04-13T16:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T23:47:57.465Z
Reserved: 2016-03-15T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-3159
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                        Vulnrichment
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 2016-04-13T16:59:19.507
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2016-3159
 Redhat
                        Redhat