CVE-2016-8630

N/A

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published11/28/2016

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-284CWE-476

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d9092f52d7e61dd1557f2db2400ddb430e85937e(secalert@redhat.com)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.7(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/3(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94459(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393350(secalert@redhat.com)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d9092f52d7e61dd1557f2db2400ddb430e85937e(secalert@redhat.com)

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d9092f52d7e61dd1557f2db2400ddb430e85937e(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.7(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/3(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94459(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393350(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d9092f52d7e61dd1557f2db2400ddb430e85937e(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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