CWE Code: 476
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.9
CWE Name:  NULL Pointer Dereference
Summary: the handle_invept function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the linux kernel 3.12 through 3.15 allows privileged kvm guest os users to cause a denial of service (null pointer dereference and host os crash) via a single-context invept instruction with a null ept pointer.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/NONE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2017-04-24
Last Modified Date: 2017-05-05
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CWE Code: 476
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.9
CWE Name:  NULL Pointer Dereference
Summary: the handle_invept function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the linux kernel 3.12 through 3.15 allows privileged kvm guest os users to cause a denial of service (null pointer dereference and host os crash) via a single-context invept instruction with a null ept pointer.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/NONE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2017-04-24
Last Modified Date: 2017-05-05
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