CVE-2016-9588

 

Published at: - 28-12-2016 08:59

Last modified: - 26-10-2022 01:44

Total changes: - 3

Description

arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9 mismanages the #BP and #OF exceptions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by declining to handle an exception thrown by an L2 guest.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404924
• [oss-security] 20161215 CVE-2016-9588 Kernel: kvm: nVMX: uncaught software exceptions in L1 guest lead to DoS-Mailing List, Patch
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388
• 94933-
• DSA-3804-
• RHSA-2017:2077-
• RHSA-2017:1842-
• USN-3822-2-
• USN-3822-1-

 

Keywords

NVD

 

CVE-2016-9588

 

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Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

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