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

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 3, 2017
Added
Feb 4, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

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.

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-1024-raspi2ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-37-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-37-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-37-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-37-powerpc-e500mcubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-37-powerpc-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-37-powerpc64-embubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mcubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-embubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2

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