{"id":"CVE-2016-8630","details":"The x86_decode_insn function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7, when KVM is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a certain use of a ModR/M byte in an undefined instruction.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:25:39.834892274Z","published":"2016-11-28T03:59:03.670Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94459"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.7"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393350"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d9092f52d7e61dd1557f2db2400ddb430e85937e"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d9092f52d7e61dd1557f2db2400ddb430e85937e"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.8.6"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8630.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}