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CVE-2016-9588

CVE Details

Release Date:2016-12-14
Impact:Moderate What is this?

Description


arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9 mismanages the #BPand #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.

See more information about CVE-2016-9588 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: 3.3
Vector String: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.17.4.el6uek)ELSA-2017-35342017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.33.el6uek)ELSA-2017-35332017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2017-35332017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2017-35342017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.17.4.el7uek)ELSA-2017-35342017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.33.el7uek)ELSA-2017-35332017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)ELSA-2017-18422017-08-07
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)ELSA-2017-1842-12017-08-15
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2017-35332017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2017-35342017-03-31
Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek)OVMSA-2017-00572017-03-31
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)OVMSA-2017-00562017-03-31


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