UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9588

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9588

    Published: 28 Dec 2016Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-9588
    Aliases:
    USN-3208-1
    USN-3208-2
    USN-3209-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9588, https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg142495.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3208-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3208-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3209-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3822-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3822-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9588

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-162.212

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High