CVE-2016-8630
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2016-11-02 | |
| Impact: | Important | What is this? |
Description
The x86_decode_insn function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linuxkernel before 4.8.7, when KVM is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a certain use of a ModR/M byte in an undefined instruction.
See more information about CVE-2016-8630 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 5.2 |
| Vector String: | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Adjacent Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.27.el6uek) | ELSA-2017-3514 | 2017-02-06 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3514 | 2017-02-06 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.27.el7uek) | ELSA-2017-3514 | 2017-02-06 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2017-0386 | 2017-03-02 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2017-0386-1 | 2017-03-03 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3514 | 2017-02-06 |
| Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2017-0039 | 2017-02-08 |
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