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CVE-2016-9083

Public on 2016-11-28
Modified on 2016-12-07
Description

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's implementation of VFIO. An attacker issuing an ioctl can create a situation where memory is corrupted and modify memory outside of the expected area. This may overwrite kernel memory and subvert kernel execution.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2016-12-06 23:44 ALAS-2016-772

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H