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.
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-06-27T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:03:34.494Z

Reserved: 2016-03-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-3713

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-06-27T10:59:05.563

Modified: 2016-06-27T17:57:26.057

Link: CVE-2016-3713

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3713 - Bugzilla