cve/2016/CVE-2016-3961.md

CVE-2016-3961

Description

Xen and the Linux kernel through 4.5.x do not properly suppress hugetlbfs support in x86 PV guests, which allows local PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by attempting to access a hugetlbfs mapped area.

POC

Reference

• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1

Github

No PoCs found on GitHub currently.