** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Wily)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

** Description changed:

- kvm: x86: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_apic_has_events function
+ The kvm_apic_has_events function in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h in the Linux
+ kernel through 4.1.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service
+ (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified
+ other impact by leveraging /dev/kvm access for an ioctl call.
  
  Break-Fix: 66450a21f99636af4fafac2afd33f1a40631bc3a
  ce40cd3fc7fa40a6119e5fe6c0f2bc0eb4541009

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