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SUSE: CVE-2016-9084: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-9084: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/27/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/09/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 misuses the kzalloc function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or have unspecified other impact by leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:0181-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0407-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0464-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1
  • RHSA-2017:0386
  • RHSA-2017:0387
  • 93930
  • CVE-2016-9084
  • USN-3312-1
  • USN-3312-2
  • USN-3361-1
  • USN-3422-1
  • USN-3422-2
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