CVE-2016-9083
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9083
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9083.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-9083
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-11-28T03:59:11Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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drivers/vfio/pci/vfiopci.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 VFIODEVICESETIRQS ioctl call, aka a "state machine confusion bug."
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=05692d7005a364add85c6e25a6c4447ce08f913a
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93929
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/05692d7005a364add85c6e25a6c4447ce08f913a
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9373631/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1389258