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CVE-2016-8630
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-11-28T03:59:03.670 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:54:38.680

Summary

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 products

linux — linux_kernel

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