Security Advisory
CVE-2016-10150
9.8
CRITICAL
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
February 6, 2017
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory