| Name | CVE-2017-8106 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.106-3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.112-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.11.4-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.11.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 3.16.2-1 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Introduced by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/bfd0a56b90005f8c8a004baf407ad90045c2b11e (3.12-rc1)
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/4b855078601fc422dbac3059f2215e776f49780f (3.16-rc4)