Xen and the Linux kernel through 4.5.x do not properly suppress hugetlbfs support in x86 PV guests, which allows local PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by attempting to access a hugetlbfs mapped area.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-04-15T14:00:00

Updated: 2016-11-25T20:57:01

Reserved: 2016-04-05T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2016-3961

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-15T14:59:14.050

Modified: 2016-11-28T20:14:24.493


Link: CVE-2016-3961

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