Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2016-9588  

Linux kernel built with the KVM visualization support (CONFIG_KVM), with nested visualization(nVMX) feature enabled(nested=1), is vulnerable to an uncaught exception issue. It could occur if an L2 guest was to throw an exception which is not handled by an L1 guest.

Severity Medium

Remote No

Type Denial of service

Description

Linux kernel built with the KVM visualization support (CONFIG_KVM), with nested visualization(nVMX) feature enabled(nested=1), is vulnerable to an uncaught exception issue. It could occur if an L2 guest was to throw an exception which is not handled by an L1 guest.

AVG-190 linux-lts 4.4.1-1 4.4.41-1 High Fixed

AVG-186 linux-zen 4.9.8-1 4.9.11-2 High Fixed

AVG-178 linux 4.9.8-1 4.9.11-1 High Fixed

22 Feb 2017 ASA-201702-18 AVG-186 linux-zen High multiple issues

22 Feb 2017 ASA-201702-17 AVG-178 linux High multiple issues