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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-10150): Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-10150): Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/03/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/04/2017
Modified
09/12/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-1024-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-37-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-37-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-37-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-37-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-37-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-37-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2

References

  • USN-3189-1
  • USN-3189-2
  • USN-3190-1
  • USN-3190-2
  • USN-3312-1
  • USN-3312-2
  • USN-3470-1
  • USN-3470-2
  • 95672
  • CVE-2016-10150
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