Security Advisory

CVE-2016-10150

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2017-02-06 06:04:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 03:14:42
Assigner redhat
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

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.