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CVE-2016-9084

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Date: November 27, 2016

drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 misuses 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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (12)

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9373631/
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/05692d7005a364add85c6e25a6c4447ce08f913a
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93930
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1389259
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=05692d7005a364add85c6e25a6c4447ce08f913a
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9084
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9084
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9084
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-9084

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CWE-190

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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