Bug 1400804 (CVE-2016-9777) - CVE-2016-9777 Kernel: kvm: out of bounds memory access via vcpu_id
Summary: CVE-2016-9777 Kernel: kvm: out of bounds memory access via vcpu_id
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2016-9777
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1400805
Blocks: Embargoed1398090
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Reported: 2016-12-02 06:37 UTC by Prasad Pandit
Modified: 2021-02-17 02:57 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:02:58 UTC

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Description Prasad Pandit 2016-12-02 06:37:05 UTC 
Linux kernel built with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine(CONFIG_KVM) support
is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds memory access issue. It could occur on x86
platform, while servicing I/O APIC requests with larger vcpu_id.

A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in
DoS or it could potentially be used to escalate privileges on a host.

Upstream patch:
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  -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/81cdb259fb6d8c1c4ecfeea389ff5a73c07f5755

Reference:
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  -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/2
Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2016-12-02 06:38:15 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1400805]
Comment 3 Prasad Pandit 2016-12-02 06:41:46 UTC 
Statement:

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
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