CVE-2016-3713

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-06-27
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The msr_mtrr_valid function in arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 supports MSR 0x2f8, which allows guest OS users to read or write to the kvm_arch_vcpu data structure, and consequently obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (system crash), via a crafted ioctl call.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	7.1
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4301	2018-12-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.28.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2018-4300	2018-12-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.29.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2019-4316	2019-01-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4300	2018-12-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4301	2018-12-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4316	2019-01-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.28.1.el7uek)	ELSA-2018-4300	2018-12-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.29.1.el7uek)	ELSA-2019-4316	2019-01-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4300	2018-12-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4316	2019-01-04