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CVE-2016-3961
published 2016-04-15

CVE-2016-3961: 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…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.51%
40.1th percentile
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.

Affected

11 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debianlinux< linux 4.5.2-1 (bookworm)linux 4.5.2-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.5.2-14.5.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.5.2-14.5.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.5.2-14.5.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.5.2-14.5.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 3.13.0-101.1483.13.0-101.148
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-24.434.4.0-24.43
xenxen<= 4.5.3

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv8.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu8.5HIGH
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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