CVE-2016-9588
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9588
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9588.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-9588
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-12-28T07:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:25Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404924
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94933
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-2/