CVE-2016-3713

Description

The msr_mtrr_valid function in arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 supports MSR 0x2f8, which allows guest OS users to read or write to the kvm_arch_vcpu data structure, and consequently obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (system crash), via a crafted ioctl call.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.1
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.059

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.28.1.el6uek update (ELSA-2018-4300) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.28.1.el6uek-0.4.5-3.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.28.1.el7uek update (ELSA-2018-4300) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.28.1.el7uek-0.4.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234