vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-9588): Linux kernel vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Dec 28, 2016 | Feb 23, 2017 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 28, 2016
Added
Feb 23, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-162-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-162-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-162-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-162-powerpc-e500ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-162-powerpc-e500mcubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-162-powerpc-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-162-powerpc64-embubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-162-powerpc64-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1048-snapdragonubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-64-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-64-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-64-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-64-powerpc-e500mcubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-64-powerpc-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-64-powerpc64-embubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-64-powerpc64-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-1026-raspi2ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-39-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-39-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-39-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-39-powerpc-e500mcubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-39-powerpc-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-39-powerpc64-embubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trustyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-trustyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mcubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-embubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon
References
Rapid7 Labs
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