CVE-2016-9084

CVE Details

Release Date:2016-10-12
Impact:Moderate What is this?

Description


drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11misuses the kzalloc function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or have unspecified other impact by leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file.

See more information about CVE-2016-9084 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


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


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 3.3
Vector String: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Medium
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: Partial
Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.27.el6uek)ELSA-2017-35142017-02-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2017-35142017-02-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.27.el7uek)ELSA-2017-35142017-02-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)ELSA-2017-03862017-03-02
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)ELSA-2017-0386-12017-03-03
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2017-35142017-02-06
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)OVMSA-2017-00392017-02-08


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