UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3044
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 0
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Published: 01 Dec 2016, 11:59
Last modified:08 Sept 2025, 16:43
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100 CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
01 Dec 2016, 11:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
08 Sept 2025, 16:43
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
The Linux kernel component in IBM PowerKVM 2.1 before 2.1.1.3-65.10 and 3.1 before 3.1.0.2 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS infinite loop and hang) via unspecified vectors.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid
< 3.19.0-59.65~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-15.31~14.04.1
References (6)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3044
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023969
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114706
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92123/info
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ccec44563b18a0ce90e2d4f332784b3cb25c8e9c
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3044