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CVE-2016-9588

CVE-2016-9588

EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404924https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-2/http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/3http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94933