CVE-2016-9083

HIGH

7.8

Description

drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 allows local users to bypass integer overflow checks, and cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact, by leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file for a VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctl call, aka a "state machine confusion bug."

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published11/28/2016

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119CWE-190

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=05692d7005a364add85c6e25a6c4447ce08f913a(cve@mitre.org)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/11(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93929(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1389258(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/05692d7005a364add85c6e25a6c4447ce08f913a(cve@mitre.org)

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9373631/(cve@mitre.org)

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=05692d7005a364add85c6e25a6c4447ce08f913a(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/11(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93929(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1389258(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/05692d7005a364add85c6e25a6c4447ce08f913a(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9373631/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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