cve/2016/CVE-2016-9588.md

### [CVE-2016-9588](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9588)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-1/

#### Github
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