Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
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 service (guest OS crash) by declining to handle an exception thrown by an L2 guest.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (34.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/3 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 (vendor-advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3822-2/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94933 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3822-1/ (vendor-advisory)
- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9588?
- CVE-2016-9588 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under CWE-388. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-12-28.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9588?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.