What is CVE-2017-8106?

CVE-2017-8106 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-8106?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux Kernel

CVE-2017-8106

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.

Published 2017-04-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.003 (23.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 23.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel — versions 3.12, 3.12.1, 3.12.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
launchpad.net/bugs/1678676 (Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8106?: CVE-2017-8106 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-8106?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.