PT-2016-7648 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5

Vlad Tsyrklevich · Published 2016-11-27 · Updated 2018-01-05 · CVE-2016-9084

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.8.12

Description The issue is related to the misuse of the kzalloc function in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by local users to cause a denial of service or have other unspecified impacts. This can be achieved by leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.8.12, update to version 4.8.12 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2405

ALT-PU-2017-1330

CESA-2017_0386

CVE-2016-9084

MGASA-2017-0136

MGASA-2017-0147

MGASA-2017-0148

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3050-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3058-1

RHSA-2017:0386

RHSA-2017:0387

RHSA-2017_0386

RHSA-2017_0387

SUSE-SU-2017:0181-1

SUSE-SU-2017:0407-1

SUSE-SU-2017:0464-1

SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1

USN-3312-1

USN-3312-2

USN-3361-1

USN-3422-1

USN-3422-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 396

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/05692d7005a364add85c6e25a6c4447ce08f913a · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3422-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-0386-1.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0605 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7889 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3361-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7917 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:0407-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9604 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5546 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:0181-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9084 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1350 · Vendor Advisory