High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 28, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-9083
CVE-2016-9083
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."
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
8- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/05692d7005a364add85c6e25a6c4447ce08f913anvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9373631/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/11nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93929nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
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