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CVE-2016-9588
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-12-28T07:59:00.353 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:56:17.807

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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