CVE-2016-9588 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94933 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404924 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-2/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5