High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Jun 27, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-3713
CVE-2016-3713
Description
The msr_mtrr_valid function in arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 supports MSR 0x2f8, which allows guest OS users to read or write to the kvm_arch_vcpu data structure, and consequently obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (system crash), via a crafted ioctl call.
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5- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9842df62004f366b9fed2423e24df10542ee0dc5nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/16/2nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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