CVE-2017-8106

N/A

Description

The handle_invept function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel 3.12 through 3.15 allows privileged KVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a single-context INVEPT instruction with a NULL EPT pointer.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published4/24/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

References

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195167(cve@mitre.org)

https://launchpad.net/bugs/1678676(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195167(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://launchpad.net/bugs/1678676(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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