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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2016-8630

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Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/28/2016
Added
01/20/2025
Modified
02/04/2025

Description

The x86_decode_insn function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7, when KVM is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a certain use of a ModR/M byte in an undefined instruction.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf

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