Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2016-10150
Published: February 6, 2017 / Updated: January 19, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU90818
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10150
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the kvm_ioctl_create_device() function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c. A remote non-authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary code.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10150
Install update from vendor's website.
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 4.8.0-37.39
External References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414506
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/10
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.13
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95672