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Debian: CVE-2016-3961: linux -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 15, 2016
Added
Jun 28, 2016
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Xen and the Linux kernel through 4.5.x do not properly suppress hugetlbfs support in x86 PV guests, which allows local PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by attempting to access a hugetlbfs mapped area.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
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