CVE-2016-9084

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-190

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 28, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-9084: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix