CVE-2016-8630

La función x86_decode_insn en arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c en el kernel Linux en versiones anteriores a 4.8.7, cuando KVM está habilitado, permite a usuarios locales provocar una denegación de servicio (caída de SO anfitrión ) a través de cierto uso del byte ModR/M en una instrucción no definida.

Linux kernel built with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (CONFIG_KVM) support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. It could occur on x86 platform, when emulating an undefined instruction. An attacker could use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in DoS.

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel. Andrey Konovalov discovered that the AF_PACKET implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate certain block-size data. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). Andrey Konovalov discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the DCCP implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges. Various other issues were also addressed.