CVE-2016-9588

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-388

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 28, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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