CVE-2016-3713
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3713
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3713.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-3713
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-06-27T10:59:05Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The msrmtrrvalid 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 kvmarchvcpu data structure, and consequently obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (system crash), via a crafted ioctl call.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9842df62004f366b9fed2423e24df10542ee0dc5
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9842df62004f366b9fed2423e24df10542ee0dc5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332139
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/16/2