K34886212: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2017-8106

Security Advisory Description The handleinvept 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...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1)

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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.74 to receive various security and bugfixes. Notable new/improved features : - Improved support for Hyper-V - Support for the tcpwestwood TCP scheduling algorithm The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-8106: The handleinvept...

CVE-2017-8106

The handleinvept 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...

CVE-2017-8106

The CVE-2017-8106 issue affects the Linux kernel (arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c) in versions 3.12–3.15. The vulnerability arises from the handle_invept path, enabling privileged KVM guest OS users to trigger a NULL pointer dereference via a single-context INVEPT with a NULL EPT pointer, causing a denial of ...