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CVE-2017-8106
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-04-24T23:59:00.753 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:25:47.000

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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