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.
Affected products
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References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.13 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/10 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95672 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414506 ↗