CVE-2016-8630
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 28, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 12, 2016
Description
The x86_decode_insn function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel 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.
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
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.7
- 94459vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393350
- RHSA-2017:0387vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d9092f52d7e61dd1557f2db2400ddb430e85937e
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d9092f52d7e61dd1557f2db2400ddb430e85937e
- [oss-security] 20161122 CVE-2016-8630 kernel: kvm: x86: NULL pointer dereference duringinstruction decodemailing-list
- RHSA-2017:0386vendor-advisory
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