SB2016111114 - Fedora 24 update for kernel
Published: November 11, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016111114
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8630)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the x86_decode_insn function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c due to NULL pointer dereference when KVM is enabled. A local attacker can cause the service to crash via a certain use of a ModR/M byte in an undefined instruction.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.