CVE-2016-9777 Information

Description

KVM in the Linux kernel before 4.8.12 when I/O APIC is enabled does not properly restrict the VCPU index which allows guest OS users to gain host OS privileges or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and host OS crash) via a crafted interrupt request related to arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c and arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.h.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=81cdb259fb6d8c1c4ecfeea389ff5a73c07f5755 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.12 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94640 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400804 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/81cdb259fb6d8c1c4ecfeea389ff5a73c07f5755

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8