CVE-2016-9777

KVM in the Linux kernel before 4.8.12, when I/O APIC is enabled, does not properly restrict the VCPU index, which allows guest OS users to gain host OS privileges or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and host OS crash) via a crafted interrupt request, related to arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c and arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.h.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.1 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/81cdb259fb6d8c1c4ecfeea389ff5a73c07f5755	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400804	Issue Tracking
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/2	Mailing List Patch
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.12	Release Notes
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=81cdb259fb6d8c1c4ecfeea389ff5a73c07f5755	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94640

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2016-12-27 23:59

Updated : 2016-12-30 18:59

NVD link : CVE-2016-9777

Mitre link : CVE-2016-9777

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

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