---
cve: "CVE-2016-9588"
severity: "LOW"
cvss: 3.1
epss: "43%"
vendor: "n/a"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2016-12-28 07:59:00"
tags: [cve, security, low]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-17T09:54:48+02:00"
---

# CVE-2016-9588

> 3.1 LOW · 🧪 PoC

## Beschreibung

arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9 mismanages the #BP and #OF exceptions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by declining to handle an exception thrown by an L2 guest.

## Referenzen

- <https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/3>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842>
- <https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-2/>
- <http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804>
- <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94933>
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404924>
- <https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-1/>
- <http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2016-9588) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_