CVE-2016-9588
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Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-2/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94933
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404924
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-1/
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-2/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94933
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404924
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-1/
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388
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