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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-9588): Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-9588): Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/28/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/23/2017
Modified
08/25/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-162-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-162-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-162-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-162-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-162-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-162-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-162-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-162-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1048-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-64-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-64-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-64-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-64-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-64-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-64-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-64-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-1026-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-39-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-39-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-39-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-39-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-39-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-39-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trusty
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-trusty
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon

References

  • USN-3208-1
  • USN-3208-2
  • USN-3209-1
  • USN-3617-1
  • USN-3617-2
  • USN-3617-3
  • USN-3619-1
  • USN-3619-2
  • USN-3753-1
  • USN-3753-2
  • USN-3797-1
  • USN-3797-2
  • USN-3820-1
  • USN-3820-2
  • USN-3820-3
  • USN-3822-1
  • USN-3822-2
  • DLA-849-1
  • DSA-3804
  • 94933
  • RHSA-2017:1842
  • RHSA-2017:2077
  • CVE-2016-9588
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