CVE-2016-9588

Kernel: kvm: nVMX: uncaught software exceptions in L1 guest leads to DoS

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

3.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 14, 2016

Updated · June 28, 2026

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.

Statement

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 3.3
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-248 · Uncaught Exception