CVE-2016-4440
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 27, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- May 2, 2016
Description
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 mishandles the APICv on/off state, which allows guest OS users to obtain direct APIC MSR access on the host OS, and consequently cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS, via x2APIC mode.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1337806
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3ce424e45411cf5a13105e0386b6ecf6eeb4f66f
- [oss-security] 20160520 CVE-2016-4440 Kernel: kvm: vmx: incorrect state update leading to MSR accessmailing-list
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3ce424e45411cf5a13105e0386b6ecf6eeb4f66f
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