The x86_decode_insn function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7, when KVM is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a certain use of a ModR/M byte in an undefined instruction.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2016-11-28T03:01:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T02:27:41.204Z
Reserved: 2016-10-12T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-8630
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-11-28T03:59:03.670
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:59:43.267
Link: CVE-2016-8630
Redhat