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."
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-11-28T03:01:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:42:10.488Z

Reserved: 2016-10-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9083

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-11-28T03:59:11.033

Modified: 2023-01-17T21:05:36.427

Link: CVE-2016-9083

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-10-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9083 - Bugzilla