vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-9588: ELSA-2017-1842: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | 2016-12-14 | 2017-04-04 | 2025-01-23 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
2016-12-14
Added
2017-04-04
Modified
2025-01-23
Description
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.
Linux kernel built with the KVM visualization support (CONFIG_KVM), with nested visualization(nVMX) feature enabled(nested=1), is vulnerable to an uncaught exception issue. It could occur if an L2 guest was to throw an exception which is not handled by an L1 guest.
Linux kernel built with the KVM visualization support (CONFIG_KVM), with nested visualization(nVMX) feature enabled(nested=1), is vulnerable to an uncaught exception issue. It could occur if an L2 guest was to throw an exception which is not handled by an L1 guest.
Solution(s)
oracle-linux-upgrade-kerneloracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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