CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-8630: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)
5
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
11/27/2016
07/25/2018
03/06/2017
05/25/2023
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-kernel
- centos-upgrade-kernel-rt
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