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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9083

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9083 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

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."

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0
Debian:12linux0, 0, 0
Debian:11linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Nov 28, 2016 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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