| Revision Date: | 2016-12-28 | Version: | 1 | | Title: | CVE-2016-9588 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low. | | Description: | arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9 mismanages the #BP and (guest OS crash) by declining to handle an exception thrown by an L2 guest. Jim Mattson discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel mismanages the #BP and #OF exceptions. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash).
| | Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability | | Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2016-9588
| | Platform(s): | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
| Product(s): | | | Definition Synopsis | | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed. AND Package Information
The 'linux' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.13.0-162.212').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-aws' package in trusty is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1002.2').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-azure' package in trusty is not affected (note: '4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needed now end-of-life').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
OR The 'linux-lts-xenial' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-63.84~14.04.2').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
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