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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 | |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86068 | |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035569 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3049-1 | |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3050-1 | |
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-174.html | Vendor Advisory |
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa174.patch | Patch |
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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
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-04-15T14:59:14.050
Modified: 2016-11-28T20:14:24.493
Link: CVE-2016-3961
JSON object: View
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