** Description changed: - [I/O port access privilege escalation in x86-64 Linux] + The __switch_to function in arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c in the Linux + kernel does not properly context-switch IOPL on 64-bit PV Xen guests, + which allows guest local OS users to gain privileges, cause a denial of + service (guest OS crash), or obtain sensitive information by leveraging + I/O port access. Break-Fix: - b7a584598aea7ca73140cb87b40319944dd3393f
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