The handle_invept function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel 3.12 through 3.15 allows privileged KVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a single-context INVEPT instruction with a NULL EPT pointer.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-24T23:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:41:42.454Z

Reserved: 2017-04-24T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2017-8106

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-04-24T23:59:00.753

Modified: 2017-05-05T12:50:56.740

Link: CVE-2017-8106

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-03-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-8106 - Bugzilla