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LIN8-3406 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2016-3961

Created: Apr 25, 2016 Updated: Dec 3, 2018

Resolved Date: May 24, 2016

Found In Version: 8.0

Fix Version: 8.0.0.6

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8

Component/s: Kernel

Description

Xen and the Linux kernel through 4.5.x do not properly suppress hugetlbfs support in x86 PV guests, which allows local PV guest users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by attempting to access a hugetlbfs mapped area.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-3961

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CVE-2016-3961