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CVE-2016-3961

Public on 2016-04-15
Modified on 2016-05-18
Description

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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2016-05-18 14:00 ALAS-2016-703

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 5.2 AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H