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Uncaught Exception Affecting kernel-rt package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRT-5158974
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 14 Dec 2016
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Introduced: 14 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9588 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-248 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-rt to version 0:3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2077.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt package and not the kernel-rt package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.