CVE-2016-9083

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-10-12

Description

drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 allowslocal 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

See more information about CVE-2016-9083 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.2	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.27.el6uek)	ELSA-2017-3514	2017-02-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3514	2017-02-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.27.el7uek)	ELSA-2017-3514	2017-02-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2017-0386	2017-03-02
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2017-0386-1	2017-03-03
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3514	2017-02-06
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2017-0039	2017-02-08

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