CVE-2017-8106 (GCVE-0-2017-8106)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-24 23:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:41
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Summary
The handle_invept function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel 3.12 through 3.15 allows privileged KVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a single-context INVEPT instruction with a NULL EPT pointer.
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