CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-8630

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2016-11-28 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-11-28
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-284, CWE-476

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 4.8.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References