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Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 13:16:46 +0530 (IST)
From: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
To: oss security list <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
cc: Owen Hofmann <osh@...gle.com>
Subject: CVE-2016-8630 kernel: kvm: x86: NULL pointer dereference duringinstruction
decode
Hello,
Linux kernel built with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (CONFIG_KVM) support
is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. It could occur on x86
platform, when emulating an undefined instruction.
A user/process could use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in DoS.
Upstream patch:
---------------
-> https://git.kernel.org/linus/d9092f52d7e61dd1557f2db2400ddb430e85937e
Reference:
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-> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393350
CVE-2016-8630 was assigned to this issue by Red Hat Inc.
Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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