CVE-2016-3713

HighCVSS 7.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Jun 27, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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