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SUSE: CVE-2016-3713: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-3713: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/27/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/09/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

The msr_mtrr_valid function in arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 supports MSR 0x2f8, which allows guest OS users to read or write to the kvm_arch_vcpu data structure, and consequently obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (system crash), via a crafted ioctl call.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default

References

  • CVE-2016-3713
  • USN-2978-1
  • USN-2978-2
  • USN-2979-1
  • USN-2979-2

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