arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9 mismanages the #BP and #OF exceptions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by declining to handle an exception thrown by an L2 guest.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:59:02.277Z

Reserved: 2016-11-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9588

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-12-28T07:59:00.353

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-9588

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-12-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9588 - Bugzilla

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