Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-3961

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.

  • Published: Apr 15, 2016
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-3961
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
canonical / ubuntu_linux 16.04 16.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 15.10 15.10.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 14.04 14.04.x
xen / xen - 4.5.3.x