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CVE-2016-10150

critical · 9.8

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.

9.8
CVSS
10.2%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
95th
EPSS percentile
2017-02-06
Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-264CWE-416

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.8.0, < 4.8.13

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References

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