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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-8630: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

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Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 27, 2016
Added
Mar 6, 2017
Modified
May 25, 2023

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.

Solution(s)

centos-upgrade-kernelcentos-upgrade-kernel-rt

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