CVE-2016-8630

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CVSS v3
N/A
CVSS v2
4.9
MEDIUM
Affected
1
PROJECT

Description

The x86_decode_insn function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7, when KVM is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a certain use of a ModR/M byte in an undefined instruction.

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