Denial of Service Vulnerability in Xen and Linux Kernel through 4.5.x

CVE-2016-3961 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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