PT-2016-7786 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5

Jim Mattson · Published 2016-12-28 · Updated 2023-02-12 · CVE-2016-9588

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.10

Description The issue mismanages the #BP and #OF exceptions in the Linux kernel, allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service by declining to handle an exception thrown by an L2 guest.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.10, update to version 4.10 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-388

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1050

ALT-PU-2017-1330

CESA-2017_1842

CVE-2016-9588

DLA-849-1

DSA-3804-1

MGASA-2017-0063

MGASA-2017-0064

MGASA-2017-0065

RHSA-2017:1842

RHSA-2017:2077

RHSA-2017_1842

RHSA-2017_2077

SUSE-SU-2017:1247-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1

USN-3208-1

USN-3208-2

USN-3209-1

USN-3822-1

USN-3822-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 200

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1247-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0064 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9588 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/3 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3822-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-9363 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3804-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0065 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-1842-1.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3822-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2583 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9588 · Vendor Advisory