vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-9084: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2016-772)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 27, 2016 | Dec 9, 2016 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 27, 2016
Added
Dec 9, 2016
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
Description
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 misuses the kzalloc function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or have unspecified other impact by leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
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