CVE-2017-8106

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The handle_invept function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel 3.12 through 3.15 allows privileged KVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a single-context INVEPT instruction with a NULL EPT pointer.

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-476

Affected software

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

References

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195167Issue Tracking
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1678676Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195167Issue Tracking
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1678676Issue Tracking

Timeline

Published: Apr 24, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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