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CVE-2016-4440

Published: 27/06/2016 Updated: 17/01/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 641
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Vulnerability Summary

arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel up to and including 4.6.3 mishandles the APICv on/off state, which allows guest OS users to obtain direct APIC MSR access on the host OS, and consequently cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS, via x2APIC mode.

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References

CWE-264https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3ce424e45411cf5a13105e0386b6ecf6eeb4f66fhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/20/2https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1337806http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3ce424e45411cf5a13105e0386b6ecf6eeb4f66fhttps://nvd.nist.gov
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