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CVE-2016-9083 Details

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."

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=05692d7005a364add85c6e25a6c4447ce08f913a	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1389258	CVE	Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/05692d7005a364add85c6e25a6c4447ce08f913a	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9373631/	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/11	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93929	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=05692d7005a364add85c6e25a6c4447ce08f913a	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1389258	[email protected]	Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/05692d7005a364add85c6e25a6c4447ce08f913a	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9373631/	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/11	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93929	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]
CWE-190	Integer Overflow or Wraparound	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	>= 3.6, < 3.10.107 >= 3.11, < 3.12.70 >= 3.13, < 3.16.39 >= 3.17, < 3.18.51 >= 3.19, < 4.1.41
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 17, 2023	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 5, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 29, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]