DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3961

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3961 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

5.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:13	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	linux	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Apr 15, 2016 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3961 advisory

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