| Revision Date: | 2015-03-02 | Version: | 1 | | Title: | CVE-2015-0239 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - high. | | Description: | The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5, when the guest OS lacks SYSENTER MSR initialization, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by triggering use of a 16-bit code segment for emulation of a SYSENTER instruction. A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine's (KVM) emulation of the SYSTENTER instruction when the guest OS does not initialize the SYSENTER MSRs. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service of the guest OS (crash) or potentially gain privileges on the guest OS.
| | Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability | | Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2015-0239
| | Platform(s): | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
| Product(s): | | | Definition Synopsis | | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed. AND Package Information
NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.2.0-16.19').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-aws' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1001.10').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-gke' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1003.3').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-hwe' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-hwe-edge' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-raspi2' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.2.0-1013.19').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1012.12').
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