Security Advisory
CVE-2016-9588
5.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
December 28, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory