CVE-2016-3961
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-04-15 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:10
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Xen and the Linux kernel through 4.5.x do not properly suppress hugetlbfs support in x86 PV guests, which allows local PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by attempting to access a hugetlbfs mapped area.
References
▼ | URL | Tags | |
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cve@mitre.org | http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 | ||
cve@mitre.org | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86068 | ||
cve@mitre.org | http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035569 | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
cve@mitre.org | http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1 | Third Party Advisory | |
cve@mitre.org | http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1 | Third Party Advisory | |
cve@mitre.org | http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1 | Third Party Advisory | |
cve@mitre.org | http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1 | Third Party Advisory | |
cve@mitre.org | http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1 | Third Party Advisory | |
cve@mitre.org | http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1 | Third Party Advisory | |
cve@mitre.org | http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1 | Third Party Advisory | |
cve@mitre.org | http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3049-1 | ||
cve@mitre.org | http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3050-1 | ||
cve@mitre.org | http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-174.html | Vendor Advisory | |
cve@mitre.org | http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa174.patch | Patch |
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