CVE-2016-3961

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CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p42

Published

Apr 15, 2016 (Apr 15, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: canonical xen
Products: ubuntu linux, xen
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.5%)

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