CVE-2016-9083 in Linux Kernel
Summary
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."
Reservation
10/27/2016
Disclosure
11/27/2016
Entries
VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:
| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93847 | Linux Kernel vfio_pci.c integer overflow | 190 | Not defined | Official fix | CVE-2016-9083 |