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CVE-2016-10150
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-02-06T06:59:00.230 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:39:09.500

Summary

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

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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