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SCP6-791 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2016-3713

Created: Jun 29, 2016    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Aug 23, 2016
Found In Version: 6.0.0.29
Fix Version: 6.0.0.31
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Kernel

Description

The msr_mtrr_valid function in arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 supports MSR 0x2f8, which allows guest OS users to read or write to the kvm_arch_vcpu data structure, and consequently obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (system crash), via a crafted ioctl call.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-3713

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