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CVE-2016-9588

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 s

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Summary

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.

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References 10

GitHub · torvalds/linux

openwall.com

access.redhat.com

usn.ubuntu.com

debian.org

securityfocus.com

bugzilla.redhat.com

git.kernel.org