CVE-2016-9083 Information

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.\

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=05692d7005a364add85c6e25a6c4447ce08f913a http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/11 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93929 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1389258 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/05692d7005a364add85c6e25a6c4447ce08f913a https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9373631/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8