CVE - CVE-2016-3713

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-3713	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The msr_mtrr_valid function in arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 supports MSR 0x2f8, which allows guest OS users to read or write to the kvm_arch_vcpu data structure, and consequently obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (system crash), via a crafted ioctl call.
References
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MISC:[oss-security] 20160516 CVE-2016-3713 Linux kernel: kvm: OOB r/w access issue with MSR 0x2F8 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/16/2 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9842df62004f366b9fed2423e24df10542ee0dc5 URL:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9842df62004f366b9fed2423e24df10542ee0dc5 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332139 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332139 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9842df62004f366b9fed2423e24df10542ee0dc5 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9842df62004f366b9fed2423e24df10542ee0dc5
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20160330	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160330)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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