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CVE-2016-3961

medium

Description

Xen and the Linux kernel through 4.5.x do not properly suppress hugetlbfs support in x86 PV guests, which allows local PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by attempting to access a hugetlbfs mapped area.

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035569

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa174.patch

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-174.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3050-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3049-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86068

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-04-15

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00126