CVE-2016-10150
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the kvm_ioctl_create_device function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.13 allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain privileges via crafted ioctl calls on the /dev/kvm device.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10150
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414506
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/10
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.13
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10150.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.8.15-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.8.15-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.8.15-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.8.15-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.8.15-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 4.8.13 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10150.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95672
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414506
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10150
CWEs
CWE-264 CWE-416
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.