CVE-2016-10150
KVM Use-after-free Privilege Escalation Denial of Service
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 6, 2017, 6:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:43 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2016-10150 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2016-10150.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
KernJC: Automated Vulnerable Environment Generation for Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities (Best Practical Paper Award of RAID 2024)
C Makefile Shell Python
None
Makefile C
None
Python
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2016-10150 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2016-10150 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Jan. 19, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.8.12 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.8.0 up to (excluding) 4.8.13 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 09, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.13 No Types Assigned http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.13 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61 No Types Assigned https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61 Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61 No Types Assigned http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61 Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/10 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/10 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List, Patch Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95672 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95672 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414506 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414506 Issue Tracking, Patch Added CWE CWE-416 Added CWE CWE-264 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 07, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95672 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Exploit Prediction
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0.89 }} 0.14%
score
0.80194
percentile