VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-10150

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…

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 10.2%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.2%, higher than 95% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 10.18% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-264, CWE-416
Affected: linux/linux kernel
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.13Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95672Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414506Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.13Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95672Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414506Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.