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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-02-06T06:04:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:14:42.270Z

Reserved: 2017-01-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-10150

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-02-06T06:59:00.230

Modified: 2023-01-19T16:14:12.680

Link: CVE-2016-10150

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-11-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-10150 - Bugzilla